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Anesthesia Adjuvant Drugs
Anesthesia Adjuvant Drugs
II. NEOSTIGMINE
III. MORPHINE
A NATURAL ALKALOID OPIOID, A STRONG PAIN KILLER FOR
ACCIDENT VICTIMS, CANCER & HIV PATIENTS, A PRE-
OPERATIVE MEDICATION, COUGH SUPPRESANT, AN
EXCELLENT POST-OPERATIVE ANALGESIC
AVAILABLE AS TABLETS, SYRUP,INJECTABLE FORMS (I.V &
I.M INJECTIONS), INHALABLE FORMS
CONTRAINDICATIONS ARE HEAD INJURY, PREGNANCY,
NEONATES, ELDERLY, DYSENTERY IN CHILDREN, HEPATIC &
RENAL DISEASES, HYPOTHYROIDISM, COPD
ADVERSE EFFECTS ARE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION,
NAUSEA, VOMITING, SEDATION, HYPOTENSIVE EFFECT,
TERATOGENIC EFFECT, RISE IN INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE,
HYPERSENSITIVITY, ANOREXIA, WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME,
FATIGUE, ACUTE MORPHINE POISONING, TOLERANCE &
DEPENDENCE
IV. FENTANYL
V. MIDAZOLAM
VI. HYALURONIDASE
HYALURONIDASES ARE A FAMILY OF ENZYMES THAT
CATALYSE THE DEGRADATION OF HYALURONIC ACID, USED
IN MEDICINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DRUGS TO
SPEED THEIR DISPERSION & DELIVERY, INCREASES THE
ABSORPTION RATE OF PARENTERAL FLUIDS GIVEN BY
INTERSTITIAL OR SUBCUTANEOUS INFUSIONS. ITS A
SPEEDING FACTOR
IT ACTS BY BREAKING THE HYALURONIC ACID IN HUMAN
TISSUES
IT HELPS TO IMPROVE PENETRABILITY i.e SPREAD EVENLY &
IN THE DEEPER PLAINS
ADVERSE EFFECTS ARE COUGH, DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING,
DIZZINESS, FAST HEARTBEATS, HIVES/WELTS, ITCHING,
LARGE HIVE-LIKE SWELLING ON FACE, EYELIDS, LIPS,
TONGUE, THROAT, HANDS, LEGS, FEET
VII. CLONIDINE
VIII. BACLOFEN
IX. KETAMINE
A NMDA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, A DISSOCIATIVE
ANESTHETIC DRUG, ALSO USED FOR MAINTENANCE OF
ANESTHESIA, A SEDATIVE FOR PHYSICALLY PAINFUL
PROCEDURES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, THE DRUG
OF CHOICE FOR PEOPLE IN TRAUMATIC SHOCK WHO ARE
AT RISK OF HYPOTENSION
AN ODORLESS, TASTELESS DRUG AVAILABLE AS LIQUID,
PILL, AND POWDER
CONTRAINDICATIONS ARE INCREASED ICT & INTRACRANIAL
MASS LESIONS, OPEN EYE INJURY, ISCHEMIC HEART
DISEASE & VASCULAR ANEURYSMS, SCHIZOPHRENIA,
HYPERSENSITIVITY TO KETAMINE, HYPERTHYROIDISM
SIDE EFFECTS ARE HYPOTENSION, NAUSEA, VOMITING,
LOSS OF APPETITE, DREAM-LIKE FEELING, BLURRED VISION,
DOUBLE VISION, DIZINESS, INSOMNIA, HALLUCINATIONS
X. ATROPINE
XI. PENTAZOCINE
XII. SUFENTANIL