Lesson 991 of 1524
Pain Response Drugs
The concept of the pain threshold and factors that can affect it were described
Practice this chapterThe concept of the pain threshold and factors that can affect it were described Drug classes covered in this chapter include the nonopioid analgesics, opioid agonists, and opioid antagonists.
pain — an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. pain threshold — the point at which a stimulus is perceived as painful. withdrawal — physiologic effects that occur after discontinuation of a drug that has been used for a prolonged period. addiction — a persistent, compulsive dependence on a substance or behavior despite known harm.
Worked example
What does “pain” mean in Pain Response Drugs?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for pain.
- 2The book says: an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
- 3Do not use the meaning of pain threshold. That term means the point at which a stimulus is perceived as painful.
Result: an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for pain.
Do not swap pain and pain threshold. pain means an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. pain threshold means the point at which a stimulus is perceived as painful.
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A fresh set from this chapter only. Choose 10 or 20. Multiple choice and fill-in, with no repeat inside the set.