Drugs Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 2 types of drugs?
A
antibiotics and painkillers
2
Q
What do antibiotics do?
A
kill bacteria inside the body but they do not destroy viruses
3
Q
Example of antibiotics
A
penicillin
4
Q
What do painkillers do?
A
treat the symptoms of disease and help with pain but do not kill the pathogens
5
Q
Example of painkillers
A
codeine, ibreuprofen
6
Q
What are antiviral drugs needed for?
A
to kill viruses without damaging the body’s tissues
