NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PHARMACOLOGY
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Class of drugs that alter mental status
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Medication that kills or slows the growth of bacteria
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Over the counter medication
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Class of drugs that relieves pain without affecting consciousness
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Detailed explanation-1: -Analgesics are medications that relieve pain. Unlike medications used for anesthesia during surgery, analgesics don’t turn off nerves, change the ability to sense your surroundings or alter consciousness. They are sometimes called painkillers or pain relievers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Systemic analgesia acts on the whole nervous system, rather than a specific area, to lessen pain. The medications used are known as opioids. These drugs reduce your awareness of pain and have a calming effect. They will not cause you to lose consciousness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Analgesics are medications that relieve pain. There are three main types: non-opioid analgesics, opioid analgesics, and compound analgesics that combine the two previous forms.
Detailed explanation-4: -Opioids are a group of analgesic agents commonly used in clinical practice. There are three classical opioid receptors (DOP, KOP and MOP), while the novel NOP receptor is considered to be a non-opioid branch of the opioid receptor family. Opioids can act at these receptors as agonists, antagonists or partial agonists.