Analgesics for Pain Management
hosted byHomestead Schools, Inc.Analgesics for Pain Management is organized by Homestead Schools, Inc.
Learning Objectives
After completing the course, you'll be able to:
• Define pain and provide an understanding of pain management.
• State and dispel three misconceptions about pain.
• List four factors that lower the patient's pain threshold and two that raise it.
• Compare and contrast the nonopioid and opioid analgesics with respect to the following:
a. Site of action
b. Mechanism of action
c. Efficacy
d. Addiction and tolerance
e. Toxicity
• List 3 categories of nonopioid analgesics and various drugs within each category.
• State and describe three major effects and four other effects of aspirin.
• Name the therapeutic uses of aspirin.
• Distinguish between psychologic dependence, physical dependence, tolerance and pseudoaddiction.
• Illustrate the stepwise approach for the management of pain as recommended by the World Health Organization.
• Outline the principles of proper analgesic use.
• Discuss 5 adverse reactions of opioids.
Course Outline:
• Pain Control
• Analgesic Agents
• Nonopioid Analgesics
• Aspirin and Related Salicylates
• Aspirin in dentistry
• Adverse effects
• Acetaminophen
• Analgesics Alternatives to Aspirin and Acetaminophen
• Adverse effects
• Opioid Analgesics
• Morphine
• Tolerance and dependence
• Codeine
• Principles of Opioid Analgesic Use
• Adverse Reactions of Opioids
• Combinations of Peripherally Acting Analgesics and Opioids
