The Benefits Of Multimodal Analgesia For Patients Although multimodal analgesia may not be a term that everyone is familiar with, it means nothing more than using different types of analgesic drugs as pain management...
Introduction to Morphine Morphine is a powerful drug of the opiate, analgesic nature and is the principal active agent in opium. Morphine belongs to a class of drugs known as narcotic analgesics and is...
Intrathecal Ziconotide Introduction Ziconotide is a therapeutic option for treatment of severe chronic pain in patients who have gone through all other forms of treatment, including intrathecal morphine. Formerly known as SNX-111, ziconotide is...
The Use Of Targinact In The Treatment Of Severe Pain Many people are aware of the use of drugs such as morphine to relieve pain that is chronic and exceptionally severe. There is however,...
Gabapentin Gabapentin is a drug originally prescribed to control certain types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy. Though the drug was initially approved only to manage epilepsy, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Strategies for minimizing NSAIDs side effects Introduction Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a class of drugs with analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties. These NSAIDs are mainly used for reducing pain, fever and inflammation. There...
The medication sodium oxybate is a treatment option for people who have fibromyalgia and are experiencing significant levels of pain, disrupted sleep and generally quite acute symptoms. It is a powerful tool in...
Introduction to Oxycodone and is different preparations Oxycodone is a narcotic analgesic painkiller used as an ingredient in a number of prescription pain relief medications. It is the principal ingredient found in Oxycontin, Percocet...
Co-proxamol Introduction Co-proxamol is a medicine belonging to the class of analgesics, used to relieve pain and inflammation. This drug is a combination of two pain-killing agents and is generally used in the following...
A lot of people are reliant on medication to treat pain that simply fails to respond to ther types of treatment. These, by their very nature are very strong, since theya re dealing with...