Definitions

DRALIVIO – Definitions
Definitions references:
* www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
**http://www.fda.gov/cder/otcmonographs/External_Analgesic/ new_external_analgesic.htm (21 CFR Part 348)

ANALGESIC: *: relating to, characterized by, or producing analgesia, **A topically (external) applied drug that relieves pain by depressing cutaneous sensory receptors.

ANALGESIA: *: insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness.

COUNTERIRRITANT: **A topically (externally) applied drug that causes irritation or mild inflammation of the skin for the purpose of relieving pain in muscles, joints, or viscera distal to the site of application by stimulating cutaneous sensory receptors.

EXTERNAL ANALGESIC: **A topically (externally) applied drug that has a
topical analgesic, anesthetic, or antipruritic effect by depressing cutaneous sensory receptors, or that has a topical counterirritant effect by stimulating cutaneous sensory receptors.

PAIN: *b : a basic bodily sensation that is induced by a noxious stimulus, is received by naked nerve endings, is characterized by physical discomfort (as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leads to evasive action.

RELIEVING: *1 : to bring about the removal or alleviation of (pain or discomfort)

REFERRED: *1 : to regard as coming from or localized in a certain portion of the body or of space <pain of appendicitis may be referred to any region of the abdomen -- Encyclopedia Americana

SENSATON: *b : awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ

TOPICAL: *: designed for or involving application to or action on the surface of a part of the body <applied a topical anesthetic to numb the skin.