Across
- 4. an implanted device that sends low levels of electricity directly into the spinal cord to relieve pain (3 words, no spaces)
- 5. enhanced pain sensation
- 6. Used to treat epilepsy, anxiety and nerve pain
- 7. a form of complementary therapy that involves stimulating sensory nerves under the skin and in the muscles
- 10. group of drugs usually ineffective in nerve pain
- 11. TENS is the use of (this) stimulation to disrupt pain pathways
- 12. the sensory process that provides signals that trigger pain
Down
- 1. a term for drug resistant chronic pain
- 2. A tricyclic antidepressant commonly used for neuralgia and back pain
- 3. Calcium channel blocker, used to treat epilepsy and nerve pain
- 8. Sodium channel blocker used as first line treatment in Trigeminal neuralgia
- 9. An opioid used in severe pain when other treatments have failed