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Preemptive Analgesia

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Preemptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents the sensing of a change of state in nociceptors that would otherwise register as pain. The idea was formulated at the beginning of the twentieth century on the basis of clinical observations.

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Preemptive analgesia (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemptive_analgesia, lead section
    Preemptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents the sensing of a change of state in nociceptors which would otherwise register as pain.
  • Treats: Pain, Lead: treats Pain
    Preemptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents the sensing of a change of state in nociceptors which would otherwise register as pain.
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