Analgesia is the relief of pain without total loss of feeling or muscle movement.
Analgesics do not always stop pain completely, but they do lessen it.
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Analgesia is the medical term meaning absence of pain.
analgesia means insensitivity to pain stimulus without loss of conciousness.eg of analgesic drug are paracetamol
analgesics reliefs pain while antipyretics reliefs fever
Regional analgesia is the application of an analgesic to a region to achieve (analgesia) pain relief). Regional anaesthesia is the application of an anaesthetic to achieve anaesthesia (loss of sensation). Both are absorbed by the nerves in that region which dull pain/cause loss of sensation respectively.
Co-dydramol is a non opioid analgesic, Containing Paracetamol and dihydrocodeine tartrate. Used in central nervous system analgesia and musculoskeletal and joint diseases.
An analgesic is a pain neutrilizing drug. NSAIDs such as ibuprofen or opiates such as morphine are different types of analgesics.
Nitrous oxide is commonly administered using a nasal mask or a hood, not a plane. It is a colorless and odorless gas used for its anesthetic and analgesic properties in medical and dental procedures.
There are three planes of analgesia in the administration of nitrous oxide. These planes are the initial analgesia or tingling sensation, the maintenance of analgesia, and the last plane known as the surgical anesthesia plane.
Because these pumps offer the patient some degree of control over the amount of analgesic administered, the system, commonly called patient controlled analgesia (PCA), reduces the level of anxiety about availability of pain medication.
The absence of the sense of pain while remaining conscious.
Preemptive analgesia introduces anesthetic drugs near the spinal cord or, sometimes, in nerve blocks in specific regions of the body
Yes, it is still used as a TOPICAL analgesic.