Drug Classes

Question 1

Antibiotic

Answer 1

medicines that help stop infections caused by bacteria. They do this by killing the bacteria or by keeping them from copying themselves or reproducing.

Question 2

Hormone

Answer 2

Treatment of disease or symptoms with synthetic or naturally derived hormone

Question 3

Steroid

Answer 3

A fat-soluable type of drug used to relieve swelling and inflammation.

Question 4

Cardiac

Answer 4

Heart medications

Question 5

Sedative

Answer 5

a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect.

Question 6

Diuretics

Answer 6

medications designed to increase the amount of water and salt expelled from the body as urine.

Question 7

Antifungal

Answer 7

Also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis

Question 8

Antihistamines

Answer 8

drugs which treat allergic rhinitis and other allergies

Question 9

Anthelmintics

Answer 9

drug used to treat infections of animals with parasitic worms

Question 10

Chemotherapy

Answer 10

Treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.