Drug Effects
A&P 1
Effects of Selected Drugs During anesthesia, there is a great amount of drugs used to suppress the pain that would occur to the body. There are some common drugs that are used. Alcohol, Aspirin, Lidocaine, Morphine, Ketamine, and Succinylcholine are all used during anesthesia. Each is used to interrupt the pain signals during surgeries. Without these medications, the body would not be able to withstand such trauma occurring to perform the procedure fully. For many years, men and women have used the effect of alcoholic preparations in order to alleviate pain for their physical pains. In the early nineteenth century, Philip Syng, a doctor from Philadelphia, suggested to use intoxicating amounts of alcoholic beverages for medical procedures. This allowed muscle relaxation and numbing of the body, helping lose sensation to pain. In a lot of developing countries, there still is not advanced medical care is there is here. Many countries still use alcohol to help numb the body before doing a procedure. Aspirin is used to treat pain in the body. Aspirin is used in the treatment of a number of conditions, including fever, pain, and inflammatory diseases. Lower doses of aspirin have also shown to reduce the risk of death from a heart attack and stroke. Aspirin is available in most countries. Aspirin helps ease the pains of certain conditions. Lidocaine is a common drug used as a local anesthetic. Lidocaine is used topically to relieve itching, burning and pain from skin inflammations. It is injected as a dental anesthetic or as a local anesthetic for minor surgery. Lidocaine changes signal conduction in neurons by blocking the sodium channels in the neuronal cell membrane that are responsible for signals. It is used mainly in quick procedures and is sometimes used for breathing problems. Morphine is a potent drug deriving from opiates that is used to relieve severe pain. It is used as an analgesic. In clinical medicine, morphine is called the gold
Effects of Selected Drugs During anesthesia, there is a great amount of drugs used to suppress the pain that would occur to the body. There are some common drugs that are used. Alcohol, Aspirin, Lidocaine, Morphine, Ketamine, and Succinylcholine are all used during anesthesia. Each is used to interrupt the pain signals during surgeries. Without these medications, the body would not be able to withstand such trauma occurring to perform the procedure fully. For many years, men and women have used the effect of alcoholic preparations in order to alleviate pain for their physical pains. In the early nineteenth century, Philip Syng, a doctor from Philadelphia, suggested to use intoxicating amounts of alcoholic beverages for medical procedures. This allowed muscle relaxation and numbing of the body, helping lose sensation to pain. In a lot of developing countries, there still is not advanced medical care is there is here. Many countries still use alcohol to help numb the body before doing a procedure. Aspirin is used to treat pain in the body. Aspirin is used in the treatment of a number of conditions, including fever, pain, and inflammatory diseases. Lower doses of aspirin have also shown to reduce the risk of death from a heart attack and stroke. Aspirin is available in most countries. Aspirin helps ease the pains of certain conditions. Lidocaine is a common drug used as a local anesthetic. Lidocaine is used topically to relieve itching, burning and pain from skin inflammations. It is injected as a dental anesthetic or as a local anesthetic for minor surgery. Lidocaine changes signal conduction in neurons by blocking the sodium channels in the neuronal cell membrane that are responsible for signals. It is used mainly in quick procedures and is sometimes used for breathing problems. Morphine is a potent drug deriving from opiates that is used to relieve severe pain. It is used as an analgesic. In clinical medicine, morphine is called the gold