Pain Medications
What is Pain[edit | edit source]
A definition of pain, according to the subcommittee on taxonomy of the International Association for the Study of Pain and adapted in 1979, is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. It is usually subjective[1].
What Are Pain Medications[edit | edit source]
A pain medication is defined broadly as any medication that is indicated for analgesia, which included oral medications such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and combination
medications (oxycodone/acetaminophen); intravenous medications such as morphine, ketorolac, and hydromorphone; and other medications such as antacids (viscous lidocaine, or ranitidine)
that are specifically used for certain painful conditions[2].
