Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever. Purpose Acetaminophen is used to relieve many kinds of minor aches and pains, including headaches, muscle aches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and the aches and pains that often accompany colds.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery

Acetaminophen

Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever . Purpose Acetaminophen is used to relieve many kinds of minor aches and pains- headaches, muscle aches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and the aches and pains that often accompany colds.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

amitriptyline

Amitriptyline is in a group of drugs called tricyclic antidepressants. Amitriptyline affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced.

Source:MULTUM

Amitriptyline

Amitriptyline is a medication used to treat various forms of depression, pain associated with the nerves (neuropathic pain), and to prevent migraine headaches. It is sold in the United States under the brand names Elavil and Endep.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Amitriptyline

Amitriptyline is a medication used to treat various forms of depression , pain associated with the nerves (neuropathic pain), and to prevent migraine headaches. It is sold in the United States under the brand name Elavil.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

amitriptyline

Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA).

Source:AHFS

acetaminophen (oral/rectal)

Acetaminophen is a pain reliever and a fever reducer.

Source:MULTUM

Capsaicin

Capsaicin is the active ingredient in chili peppers, the substance that gives chili and cayenne its heat. Purpose Research on the use of capsaicin for cancer patients has focused on several areas: its ability to decrease pain its potential to be carcinogenic any chemoprotective capacity any antimicrobial and detoxification properties Folk accounts of capsaicin ' s medicinal properties in the form of cayenne have included aiding digestion, promoting the sweating process to create cooling (for reducing a fever ), fighting infections, and stimulating the function of the kidneys, lungs, stomach, and heart.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

capsaicin topical

Capsaicin topical causes a decrease in a substance in the body (substance P) that causes pain.

Source:MULTUM

Carbamazepine

Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol) may be administered to cancer patients as a pain medicine. Purpose Carbamazepine is given to cancer patients primarily as a pain medication.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

carbamazepine

Anticonvulsant, specific analgesic for trigeminal neuralgia; structually related to tricylic antidepressants.

Source:AHFS

Carbamazepine

Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant that is structurally related to tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and imipramine . In the United States, carbamazepine is sold under the trade names Tegretol and Carbatrol.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Carbamazepine

Carbamazepine is an antiepileptic drug used to reduce or suppress seizures . The medication is also commonly prescribed to relieve certain neurogenic pain such as trigeminal neuralgia .

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders

phenytoin (oral)

Phenytoin is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures.

Source:MULTUM

gabapentin

Anticonvulsant; structurally related to the inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter GABA.

Source:AHFS

Gabapentin

Gabapentin is indicated to be used in combination with other anti-seizure (anticonvulsant) drugs for the management of partial seizure types. Gabapentin should not be used alone for the treatment of seizures unless the patient cannot tolerate other anticonvulsant drugs.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

Gabapentin

Gabapentin is a prescription drug that was initially approved to help manage epilepsy . The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also approved gabapentin for treatment of the nerve pain that sometimes accompanies herpes infections.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders

lamotrigine

Lamotrigine is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant.

Source:MULTUM

Lamotrigine

Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant medication used in the treatment of epilepsy . Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which excessive surges of electrical energy are emitted in the brain, causing seizures .

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders

Lamotrigine

Lamotrigine Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant drug commonly used to prevent seizures . It is also used as a mood stabilizer in some people with bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

lamotrigine

Phenyltriazine anticonvulsant; structurally unrelated to other currently available anticonvulsants.

Source:AHFS

gabapentin

Gabapentin is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant. It affects chemicals and nerves in the body that are involved in the cause of seizures and some types of pain.

Source:MULTUM

Acetaminophen

One of several medications used to reduce fever and other general symptoms of illness, such as body aches and headache. Acetaminophen, sold without a prescription from a physician, is one of several medications used to treat fever and to relieve pain and general illness symptoms.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence

Acetaminophen

Acetaminophen is a medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever . Acetaminophen is used to relieve many kinds of minor aches and pains: headaches, muscle aches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and the aches and pains that often accompany colds.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health

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