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opioids - I
Non-opioids Opioids
Examples: Examples:
Acetaminophen Morphine
NSAIDs Fentanyl
Alpha-2 agonists Pethidine
NMDA receptor antagonists
Anticonvulsants
Multimodal analgesia
• Combines different classes of medications, having
different (multimodal) pharmacological
mechanisms of action
Arachidonic acid
COX-1 COX-2
“Constituitive” “Inducible”
Prostaglandins Prostaglandins
• Clonidine, Dexmedetomidine