PCOL Finals

Symptoms of certain pathologic states or our body's response toward a physiologic event

• Pain

• Inflammation

• AOTA

• NOTA

May not always be pathologic

• Pain

• Inflammation

• AOTA

• NOTA

An unpleasant emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage resulting from the activity in the nervous system that results from the stimulation of nociceptors

• Pain

• Inflammation

• AOTA

• NOTA

Also known as pain receptors

Meaning of NSAIDs

Inhibits ascending pathway

• NSAIDs

• Opioids

Activates descending pathway

• NSAIDs

• Opioids

Drugs with MORPHINE-LIKE activity (synthetic)

• Opioids

• Opiates

• Opiopeptines

Drugs derived from OPIUM POPPY (powdered)

• Opioids

• Opiates

• Opiopeptines

ENDOGENOUS OPIOIDS

• Opioids

• Opiates

• Opiopeptines