Anesthetics

Perhaps the remedy for pain is stored in the medicine cabinet of even the healthiest person on a par with iodine and cotton. The pain has a different origin, and therefore the drugs called to fight with it have special mechanisms of action. Where you need to relieve muscle tension, use antispasmodics. If it comes to inflammation, NSAIDs are appropriate. Let us consider in more detail what anesthetics are.

Remedy for stomach pain

With menstrual pain, called dysmenorrhea, combined medications containing a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) and antispasmodic component help. Such medicines include:

• Spasgan;
• Baralgin;
• Tempalgin ;
• Sedalgin.

Excellent cure for dysmenorrhea prostaglandin inhibitors - NSAIDs in pure form, for example:

• Ketanov;
• Ibuprofen;
• Nimesudid;
• Indomethacin;
• Brufen;
• Solpadein;
• Butadion and others.

Also help antispasmodics papaverine, No-shpa or its cheap analogue Drotaverin.

Remedy for stomach pain

Pain syndrome in the organs of the gastrointestinal tract can be due to various reasons. If it is a question of a gastritis with the raised or increased acidity, will help or assist:

1. Antacids - soda, chalk and medicines based on them - Maalox, Almagel, Rennie, and others.
2. Blockers of H2-histamine receptors - Ranitidine, Histak, Rantak et al.
3. Proton pump inhibitors - Omez, Omeprazole, Veloz, Geerdin, and others.

The doctor can prescribe the same drugs for ulcer and inflammation of the duodenum, and their goal is to reduce the secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, the excess of which leads to pain.

Means for pain in joints and muscles

In the treatment of sprains, dislocations and other consequences of injuries, inflammation in muscles and joints, traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used :

1. Based on diclofenac - Voltaren, Diklak, Diklobene, Diklovit and others.
2. The active substance ketoprofen - Ketonal, Fastum, Arthrosilen and others.
3. Based on ibuprofen - Nurofen, Dolgit.
4. Based on indomethacin - Indovazin, Indomethacin.

Relieves of pain in muscles and joints means Olfen. The listed preparations have different forms of release: sometimes the application of ointment or gel to the disturbing area helps, but injections are most effective. Similarly struggling with pain in the lower back - a remedy for it should be prescribed only by the doctor, tk. even an innocuous "chamber" may cause disruption of the normal operation of nerve endings.

Local anesthetics

If it is necessary to relieve pain in a local area of ​​the skin or mucous membrane, drugs containing anesthetics, such as:

• dicaine;
• lidocaine;
• ultracaine;
• anesthesin;
• novocaine.

Anesthetic drugs are used for local anesthesia when injecting needles (piercing, cosmetic procedures), dental treatment, etc. Sprays containing anesthetics are used to irrigate the oral mucosa in inflammatory diseases. Lidocaine is part of the lollipops from sore throats - for example, Strepsils-plus.

Other pain relievers

It is worth mentioning such classic drugs as Aspirin, Analgin and Paracetamol - from severe pain in the ear or tooth, these remedies will not be relieved, but a weak effect will still be given. Analgin in many countries is prohibited, because is considered to be a rather unsafe drug, at the same time, the CIS still uses the ancient method of combating severe pain: an injection of Analgin with Dimedrol, which also gives a sedative effect.

At the terminal stages of diseases in hospitals use strong painkillers of narcotic origin based on morphine, fentanyl, butorphanol, etc. Such drugs are addictive and are sold only on prescription.