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2. Pain ladder - Wikipedia

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   The WHO guidelines recommend prompt oral administration of drugs ("by the mouth") when pain occurs, starting, if the patient is not in severe pain, with non-opioid drugs such as paracetamol (acetaminophen) or aspirin, [1] with or without "adjuvants" such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) including COX-2 inhibitors.

3. Analgesic - Wikipedia

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   An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management.Analgesics are conceptually distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily reduce, and in some instances eliminate, sensation, although analgesia and anesthesia are neurophysiologically overlapping and thus various drugs have both analgesic and ...

4. Vertex non-opioid painkiller meets main goal in late ... - AOL

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   (Reuters) -Vertex Pharmaceuticals' experimental drug reduced acute, post-surgical pain without the risk of addiction, a major milestone in the company's decades-long efforts to bring a non-opioid ...

5. A New Pain Medication Could Reinforce the Disastrous ... - AOL

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   A 2018 BMJ study of 568,612 patients who took prescription opioids following surgery found that 5,906, or 1 percent, showed documented signs of "opioid misuse" during the course of the study ...

6. Vertex Pharma scientist talks about the long road to ... - AOL

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   Vertex Pharmaceuticals recently reported positive results for a non-opioid painkiller, one of several medications the Boston-based drugmaker has been developing for various forms of pain. Patients ...

7. Equianalgesic - Wikipedia

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   Opioids are a class of compounds that elicit analgesic (pain killing) effects in humans and animals by binding to the μ-opioid receptor within the central nervous system. The following table lists opioid and non-opioid analgesic drugs and their relative potencies .

8. Latigo Biotherapeutics raises $135 million for non-opioid ...

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   Latigo Biotherapeutics emerged from stealth mode on Wednesday and said it had raised $135 million in series A funding to advance clinical trials of its non-opioid pain treatments, including a drug ...

9. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug - Wikipedia

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   Pain following surgery can be significant, and many people require strong pain medications such as opioids. There is some low-certainty evidence that starting NSAID painkiller medications in adults early, before surgery, may help reduce post-operative pain, and also reduce the dose or quantity of opioid medications required after surgery. [29]