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| What is the most common reason people seek healthcare? |
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Things to know about pain |
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- Required by JCAHO to be assessed and managed properly
- Body has its own system for relieving pain by suppressing transmission of pain signals from peripheral nerves
- if does not provide adequate control then further pain management is necessary
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| What are opiod analgesics used for? |
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| to relieve or preven moderate to sever pain. |
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| What are general characteristics of Opiod Analgesics? |
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- Relieve moderate to sever pain
- Multiple pharmacological effects- which means that it effects other body systems
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| What are mechanism of action of Opioid Analgesics? |
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| bind to opiod receptors in brain, spinal cord, and peripheral tissues, blocks or decreases transmission of pain impulses from one nerve cell to the next |
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| What are some indications to use Opiod Analgesics? |
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- prevent or relieve acute or chronic pain
- typically used for chronic pain only when other measures are milder drugs are ineffective (terminal illness)
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| What are some contraindications for use of Opioid Analgesics? |
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| Respiratory depression, chronic lung disease, liver or kidney disease, prostatic hypertrophy, increased intracranial pressure, hypersensitivity to opioids and related drugs |
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| What happens if you take too much opioid analgesics? |
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| it will hurt your respiratory system |
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| Opioid Agonist/antagonist |
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- nalbuphine (nubain)
- 2nd line for treatment of moderate to sever pain
- tried other meds, but the meds are not working
- Less potential for abuse than opioid agonist
- have both agonist and antagonist properties
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- reverses analgesia and CNS and respiratory depression caused by opioid agonist
- naloxone (narcan)
- quick onset within minutes
- last 1-2 hours
- monitor to see ifyou need another dose
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| what is Morphine used for? |
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- proto-type
- used for moderate to severe pain
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| What is morphine's half-life? and how is it given? |
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- short-half life 204 hurs
- usually ivven PO or IV
- frequent dose
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- produces weaker effect than morphine, also has weaker adverse effects
- cannot cause respiratory distress as easily as morphine
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| What is Fentanyl used for? |
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| demerol- can cause unpleasent side effects |
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| helps get you off drug addiction |
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| different-- less chance for abuse; not likely to get addicted to |
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