Common Drugs and Their Uses
Common Drugs and Their Uses
Anaesthetics: Drugs that block sensory nerves and make the patient fully unconscious to prevent him from feeling pain. In the case of local anaesthesia, a particular area is made senseless temporarily.
Analgesics: Drugs used to prevent growth or relieve pain like aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
Antibiotics: Drugs used to prevent the growth of body germs and to destroy them as soon as possible. Most common drugs under this category are penicillin, Terramycin, etc.
Antihistamines: Drugs used to relieve symptoms of asthma, high fever and other allergies.
Antipyretis: Drugs used to lower body temperature.
Hormones: Drugs used to combat hormone deficiency that causes diseases. Drugs like insulin or adrenaline come under this category.
Narcotics: Drugs that deaden the nervous system and prevent a person from feeling pain, e.g. Opium and its derivatives such as cocaine, heroin, morphine, etc.
Sedatives: Drugs used to induce sleep.
Tranquillizers: Drugs that calm the nervous system and prevent worry, tension, etc.
Vaccines: Drugs that are injected to help the body to develop resistance to disease or immunization of the body. 0 0 0
Common Drugs and Their Uses
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