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Med Surg week 1
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Natural morphine-like substances within the body that modulate pain transmission by blocking receptors for substance P.
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Endogenous opiates
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Natural morphine-like substances within the body that modulate pain transmission by blocking receptors for substance P.
Endogenous opiates
Conscious experience of discomfort.
Pain perception
Addiction to central nervous system depressant drugs (narcotics) that are either derived from or chemically similar to opium.
Opiate dependence
Morphine like substances produced by the body. Primarily found in the central nervous system. They are capable of reducing pain.
Endorphins and enkephalins
Phase of pain impulse transmission during which peripheral nerve fibers form synapses with neurons within the spinal cord and the pain impulses move from the spinal cord to sequentially higher levels in the brain.
Transmission
Discomfort that has a short duration (from a few seconds to less than 6 months) and is associated with tissue trauma, including surgery, or some other recent identifiable etiology.
Acute pain
Pain that does not respond to analgesic medications, noninvasive measures, or nursing management.
Intractable pain
Condition in which a client needs larger doses of a drug to achieve the same effect as when the drug was first administered.
Tolerance
Controlled substance that interferes with pain perception centrally (at the brain).
Analgesic
Specialized pain receptors located in the free nerve endings of peripheral sensory nerves.
Nociceptors
