Medication used for other purposes that additionally has analgesic effects
An analgesic adjuvant is a medication that is typically used for indications other than pain control but provides control of pain (analgesia ) in some painful diseases . This is often part of multimodal analgesia , where one of the intentions is to minimize the need for opioids.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
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