| A | B |
|---|
| Tolerance | Requiring increased doses of medication to achieve same level of relief |
| Skeletal Muscle Relaxants | Used for relief of pain associated with painful muscular conditions |
| Neuromuscular Blocking Agents | Inhibit muscle movement but do not relieve pain |
| Analgesics | Relieve pain wihtout producing loss of consciousness or reflex activity |
| Ceiling Effect | increasing medications only creates increased potential for adverse effects |
| Opiate Agonists | class of mediations with high abuse potential and effective for severe pain |
| NSAIDs | class of medications best used for pain relief and anti-inflammatory properties |
| Opiate Antagonists | Used for reversal or unblocking of opiate receptors |
| Narcotic | Old fashioned term for class of medications including Morphine, Opioid Agonists |
| Salicylates | Class of medications with anti-platelet and anti-pyretic properties |
| Hypercapnia | increased carbon dioxide retention, usually as a result of decreased respirations |
| Spasticity | quick and painful tonic-clonic contractions of muscles |
