Fighting Disease - Drugs

Question 1

What do drugs do?

Answer 1

Relieve symptoms or cure a problem

Question 2

What do PainKillers do?

Answer 2

Relieve pain, that’s about it really

Question 3

What do antibiotics do?

Answer 3

Kills bacteria

Question 4

How can bacterias become resistant to antibiotics?

Answer 4

When Bacteria mutates

Question 5

How do doctors control the rate of resistant strains of bacteria?

Answer 5

by not over-prescribing antibiotics, and patients finishing the whole course of antibiotics

Question 6

Where do most drugs originate from?

Answer 6

Plants

Question 7

What do plants do to defend themselves against pests and pathogens?

Answer 7

produce chemicals

Question 8

What can chemicals from plants be used for?

Answer 8

Drugs to treat or relieve symptoms for humans

Question 9

What is aspirin and where was it found?

Answer 9

A painkiller developed from a chemical found in willow

Question 10

What is Digitalis and where was it found?

Answer 10

Drug used to treat heart conditions, developed from a chemical found in foxgloves

Question 11

What did Alexander Fleming find whilst cleaning out a petri dish?

Answer 11

mould around bacteria, the mould is called Penicillium