4.1 Disease prevention

Question 1

Name 6 drugs to treat disease-

Answer 1

Penicillin, docetaxel/paclitaxel, aspirin, prialt, vancomycin, digoxin

Question 2

Source of penicillin-

Answer 2

Commercial extraction originally from mould growing on melons

Question 3

What does penicillin do?

Answer 3

Antibiotic- the first effective treatment against many bacterial diseases

Question 4

Source of docetaxel/ paclitaxel-

Answer 4

Derived originally from yew trees

Question 5

What does docetaxel/ paclitaxel do?

Answer 5

Treatment of breast cancer

Question 6

Source of aspirin-

Answer 6

Based on compounds from sallow (willow) bark

Question 7

What does aspirin do?

Answer 7

Painkiller, anti-coagulant, anti-pyretic