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- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Section 1 Pain Definitions
- Section 2 Oral and Parenteral Opioid Analgesics
- Section 3 Neuraxial Opioid Analgesics
- Section 4 NSAIDs
- Section 5 Local Anesthetics
- Section 6 Anticonvulsant-Type Analgesics
- Section 7 NMDA Antagonists
- Section 8 Alpha-Adrenergic Analgesics
- 80 Overview of adrenergic and serotoninergic pain suppression
- 81 Clonidine (transdermal and parenteral)
- 82 Neuraxial clonidine hydrochloride
- 83 Dexmedetomidine
- Section 9 Antidepressants
- Section 10 Muscle Relaxants
- Section 11 Adjuvant Analgesics and Antiemetics
- Section 12 New and Emerging Analgesics
- Index
83 - Dexmedetomidine
from Section 8 - Alpha-Adrenergic Analgesics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2010
- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Section 1 Pain Definitions
- Section 2 Oral and Parenteral Opioid Analgesics
- Section 3 Neuraxial Opioid Analgesics
- Section 4 NSAIDs
- Section 5 Local Anesthetics
- Section 6 Anticonvulsant-Type Analgesics
- Section 7 NMDA Antagonists
- Section 8 Alpha-Adrenergic Analgesics
- 80 Overview of adrenergic and serotoninergic pain suppression
- 81 Clonidine (transdermal and parenteral)
- 82 Neuraxial clonidine hydrochloride
- 83 Dexmedetomidine
- Section 9 Antidepressants
- Section 10 Muscle Relaxants
- Section 11 Adjuvant Analgesics and Antiemetics
- Section 12 New and Emerging Analgesics
- Index
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- The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics , pp. 335 - 337Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010