anesthetic‚ also spelled anaesthetic ‚ any agent that produces a local or general loss of sensation‚ including pain. Anesthetics achieve this effect by acting on the brain or peripheral nervous system to suppress responses to sensory stimulation. The unresponsive state thus induced is known as anesthesia n anxiolytic (also antipanic or antianxiety agent[1]) is a drug used for the treatment of anxiety‚ and its related psychological and physical symptoms. Anxiolytics have been shown to be useful
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Drug Use: Cause and Effect You hear about more and more people using drugs these days‚ particularly prescription drugs. Doctors may prescribe these drugs to you and you may think they are helping but‚ what you don’t know is how they may change a normal functioning person into an addict. These drugs are habit forming and can seriously harm you‚ even kill you. For Years people go to the doctor for one reason or another. Some doctors prescribe pills that can sometimes be more damaging than helpful
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Both Naproxen and Celebrex are NSAID s. Naproxen sodium is an over the counter and a cox-1 inhibitor‚ whereas Celebrex is available only by prescription and is a cox-2 inhibitor. Both of these medications treat the symptoms of arthritis and are used for acute or chronic pain relief. However‚ individuals who are unable to take NSAIDS such as naproxen should be advised to take Celebrex due to lesser side effects. The major difference in both of these medications is the side effect it causes. Naproxen
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Traditionally‚ symptoms of pain‚ swelling and inflammation were relieved by crudely placing ice cubes on the spot that hurts. Today modern medicine has given us Advil to alleviate common swelling and pain. Advil is the name brand manufacturing of Ibuprofen‚ a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and analgesic. Advil is in the class with other drugs that is listed as “an essential medicine “by the World Health Organization which means that it is needed for basic health‚ is safe and cost effective
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Formal Report no. 1 Synthesis of Aspirin Chemical Principles Aspirin is most widely sold over-the-counter drug. It has the ability to reduce fever (an antipyretic)‚ to reduce pain (an analgesic)‚ and to reduce swelling‚ soreness‚ and redness (an anti-inflammatory agent). Much of this is believed to be due to decreased production of prostaglandins and thromboxanes. Aspirin’s ability to suppress the production of prostaglandins and thromboxanes is due to its irreversible inactivation of the cyclooxygenase (COX)
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Amy Thompson Speech 2 Oral Communications Prescription Drug Abuse Today I am going to talk to you about prescription drugs abuse. Many of us know people that take prescribed medication on a daily basis and I don’t know about you guys but I have seen people that have become addicted in which it’s sometimes painful to watch. No one decides to get addicted to prescription pain pills‚ sometimes a person’s body becomes immune the amount and that’s why they need more and more to help control the
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Aspirin (ASA) is one of the most commonly used medication in our lives.it is found as analgesic and pain killer in 1899; today‚ it has developed other uses in addition to pain relief‚ such as reduction of inflammation and swelling‚ cancer prevention and treatment for heart attack and stroke. Especially‚ its effect on preventing and treating heart attack has been proven outstanding and efficient. Since aspirin is also an anti-coagulant‚ which means it lubricates the blood and effectively prevents
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The Danger and Long-Term Effects of Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen Stefanie Dean COM/155 December 17‚ 2011 Misha Rogers - Imagine that you are at work and suddenly your head begins throbbing and you just can’t concentrate or focus on your tasks any longer. You take a quick ride to the corner store and grab a bottle of Tylenol™‚ toss a handful back with some bottled water and return to work. 30 minutes later you are keeled over with stomach pains and feelings of nausea‚ chills and fever
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Jaquelyn Ballentine HE 101 Blua 10 November 2008 Migraine headaches What are migraine headaches? Where do
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IDENTIFICATION OF CODEINE AND PARACETAMOL AIM: To extract codeine and paracetamol from its tablet by solvent extraction and tentatively identify in comparison to standards using Thin Layer Chromatography. INTRODUCTION: Codeine or methyl morphine‚ an alkaloid‚ was first isolated in 1832 from raw opium. It concentration ranges from 0.2% to 0.8%. Mostly used for its analgesic‚ anti-tussive and anti-diarrheal capabilities (Tremlett‚ Anderson and Wolf‚ 2010). Paracetamol also known as acetaminophen
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