Drug Class Terms Answers

Patients may be prescribed to manage the pain from minor injuries or fever.

Because an is injected into the spine, that class of drug is not used unless there is no other reasonable alternative form of pain management.

is often administered before a surgical procedure in order to produce a reversible loss of sensation to prevent pain.

is typically only administered by a professional anesthesiologist.

All drugs work by some method of inhibiting prostaglandins, which starts a chain reaction that can control pain and inflammation.

inhibits pain by inhibiting COX enzymes and is often used to control musculoskeletal pain.