The drug used as post operative analgesic in medicine is:
A
L-Dopa
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B
Amoxycilin
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C
Sulphapyridine
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D
Morphine
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Solution
The correct option is C Morphine Postoperative pain is defined as a condition of tissue injury together with muscle spasm after surgery.
Postoperative analgesia is usually provided with opioids (e.g., morphine, fentanyl, methadone), antipyretic analgesics including acetaminophen or its intravenous analog propacetamol, or the nonspecific cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors (e.g., ibuprofen, ketorolac, diclofenac).