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Pharm week 4
nonanalgesic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| perception | the physical components of pain |
| reaction | the psychologic component of pain |
| antipyretic | ability to reduce a fever: affect the hypothalamus(controls the body temperature) |
| anti-inflammatory | ability to reduce inflammation |
| uricosuric | ability to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine |
| antiplatelet | ability to inhibit the aggression(clumping) of platelets in the blood |
| analgesic | ability to reduce or relieve pain |
| COX(cyclooxygenenase) | is an enzyme that converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins |
| PGE | Prostaglandins, is a chemical mediator that causes inflammation and seizures pain receptors, leading to pain |
| TNF-alpha | is a cytokine that is released by cells during the inflammatory response in periodontal disease. |