MEDICAL USE OF DRUGS

2. • Analgesics relieve pain. However, they
may produce the opposite effects on
somebody who suffers form peptic ulcer
or gastric irritation.
• It is all used to injuries and muscle pain

3. Antibiotics combat or control infectious
organisms, Ingesting the same antibiotics for
a long time can result in allergic reactions
and cause resistance to the drug.
EXAMPLES UNDER OF ANTIOBIOTICS
ARE PENICILLINS AND
CEPHALOSPORINS

4. • Antipyretics can lower body temperature
or fever due to infection.

5. • Antihistamines control or combat
allergic reactions. People who on
antihistamine therapy must not operate or
drive vehicles since these drugs can cause
drowsiness.

6. • Expectorants ease the expulsion of
mucus and phlegm from the lungs and the
throat. They are not drugs of choice for
the newborn that does not know to cough
the phlegm out.

7. • Laxatives stimulate defecation and
encourage bowel movement. They should
not be given to pregnant women and those
suffering from intestinal obstruction. Taking
purgatives ( stronger than laxatives)
unnecessarily might result in rupture of the
intestines or appendix if there is an
obstruction. Constant use might make the
intestines sluggish.