Floyd E. Bloom
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Chairman, Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. Editor in Chief, Science magazine. Coauthor of Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology and others.
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Analgesic, any drug that relieves pain selectively without blocking the conduction of nerve impulses, markedly altering sensory perception, or affecting consciousness. This selectivity is an important distinction between an analgesic and an anesthetic. Analgesics may be classified into two types:…
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