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2. 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 ...

3. Paracetamol - Wikipedia

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   Pain after a dental surgery provides a reliable model for the action of analgesics on other kinds of acute pain. [66] For the relief of such pain, paracetamol is inferior to ibuprofen. [ 25 ] Full therapeutic doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) ibuprofen, naproxen or diclofenac are clearly more efficacious than the ...

4. 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 ]

5. Fentanyl - Wikipedia

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   For pain relief after surgery, use can decrease the amount of inhalational anesthetic needed for emergence from anesthesia. [32] Balancing this medication and titrating the drug based on expected stimuli and the person's responses can result in stable blood pressure and heart rate throughout a procedure and a faster emergence from anesthesia ...

6. Ibuprofen - Wikipedia

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   Example of some 200 mg ibuprofen tablets A 150 ml bottle (100 mg/5 ml dosage) of ibuprofen, sold in Greece. Ibuprofen is used primarily to treat fever (including postvaccination fever), mild to moderate pain (including pain relief after surgery), painful menstruation, osteoarthritis, dental pain, headaches, and pain from kidney stones.

7. Nefopam - Wikipedia

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   Nefopam is effective for prevention of shivering during surgery or recovery from surgery. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Nefopam was significantly more effective than aspirin as an analgesic in one clinical trial, [ 7 ] although with a greater incidence of side effects such as sweating, dizziness and nausea, especially at higher doses.