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What is Pain?

Pain has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage."
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Analgesics

Analgesics are medications used to relieve pain without reducing the consciousness of the patient. They work by reducing the amount of pain felt and this is generally achieved by interfering with the way the pain message is transmitted by the nerves. Analgesics will not treat the cause of the pain but they will provide temporary relief from pain symptoms.
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Antipyretics

An antipyretic is a type of medication that will prevent or reduce fever by lowering body temperature from a raised state. They will not affect normal body temperature if the patient does not have a fever. Generally, most non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) work by inhibiting prostaglandin synthetase within the hypothalamus.
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Anti-inflammatories

Inflammation is a result of the body's efforts to heal a damaged or infected area. It does this by bathing the damaged tissue in recuperative fluids from the blood. Inflammation can be the result of a bruise, a scratch, cellulitis, muscle strains or sprains, dislocations, allergies, or burns. It often goes unnoticed and inflammation only becomes a problem when it hinders a person's ability to function normally or prompts a level of response that is out of proportion with the threat to the system.
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