ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION In addition to preventive (pre-emptive) analgesia, multimodal (or balanced) analgesia has changed the way we treat pain1. Multimodal analgesia denotes simultaneous administration of two or
Fig. 107 Multimodal analgesia denotes the simultaneous administration of different classes of drugs, attempting to block the four physiologic processes of transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception. DRG: doral root ganglion; NMDA: N-methyl-D-aspartate; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
