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| The continued use of a substance/drug despite known detrimental or harmful effects is best defined as: |
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| The presentation of aberrant drug taking behaviors in a patient with pain which ceases upon increasing the use of the drug is defined as: |
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| The gradual decrease in the analgesic effectiveness of a drug is defined as: |
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| Upon the repetitive firing and depolarization of primary afferent 1st order neurons, the failure of the cells to completely repolarize for physiological reasons is defined as: |
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| The process is which the nervous system changes inappropriately due to ongoing, long-term noxious stimulus |
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| As a result of direct damage or demyelination of a nerve, this results: |
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| Refers to afferent nerves being "cut off" from communication further up the nervous system |
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| A Heightened response to a normally painful stimuli |
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Perceiving a normally non-noxious, or painful, stimuli as a noxious or painfaul stimuli
Ex: pts with diabetic neuropathy have pain with putting on a dress, socks, shoes, bed sheets, etc. |
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