Treating disease

Question 1

whats the difference between painkillers and antibiotics?

Answer 1

painkillers help releive symptoms but do not actually kill the pathogen or treat the disease

antibioticts help cure bacterial disease by killing bacteria or stopping their growth

Question 2

What are some drugs that treat disease?
Where do they come from?

Answer 2

digitailes- a heart drug sourced from foxglove (pink flowers)
aspirin-a painkiller sourced from willow trees
penicillin-an antibiotic sourced from penicillin mould (a fungus)

Question 3

who discovered penicillin and when was it discovered?

Answer 3

Alexander Flemming in 1928

Question 4

why do antibiotics not work on viruses?

Answer 4

they don’t work against viruses as they reproduce inside host cells so the antibiotics can not reach them

we would have to damage the bodies tissue to reach the virus

Question 5

what are most drugs made from?

Answer 5

nowadays drugs are often synthesized in a lab but the processmight still start with a chemical extracted from a plant