Analgesic Drugs
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Students are oblidged to follow the courses for evalua:on process and presented notes are preliminary dra=s for the whole evalua:on
process.
Pharmacology 1 and
Prescription Knowledge
• Types of pain
• Defini:on of analgesia
• Central analgesics
Narco:cs
• Opioids (morphine&morphine like drugs)
• Natural
• Semi synthe:c
• Synthe:c
• Endogeneous opiates
• Non-narco:cs
• NSAID
• Aspirin
• Paracetamol
• Diclofenac
• Piroxicam
• Ibuprofin
• Ketoprofin
• Inflamma:on process
• Effects of Eukanazoids in inflamma:on
• Mechanism of ac:on of NSAID
• Clinical effects of NSAIDs (analgesia, an:inflammatory, an:pyre:c)
Classifica:on of NSAIDs
• COX-1 selec:ve inhibitors
• Nonselec:ve cox inhibitors
• More Cox-2 selec:ve inhibitors
• Cox-2 selec:ve inhibitors
• Analgesic drugs
• Use and clinical applica:ons
• Side/Adverse effects
• Renal effects
• Cardiovascular effects
• Effects on platelets
• Opioids
• Mechanism of Ac:on
• Physical Dependence and Addic:on
• Drugs of neuropathic pain
• Amitriptyline
• Carbamezepine
• Sodium valproate
• Gabapen:noids