Question

Different drugs have different therapeutic actions in our bodies. Write the therapeutic action of the following drugs in our body.

i) Tranquilizers

ii) Analgesics

iii) Antibiotics

Answer 1

i) Tranquilizers are chemical substances used to cure mental diseases or disorders and to reduce mental stress. They can act on higher centres of central nervous system and induce sleep to the patients.

e.g. luminal, seconal, valium.

ii) Analgesics are the chemical substances which are used to relieve or abolish pain without causing impairment of consciousness, mental confusion, incoordination or paralysis or some other disturbances of the nervous system.

e.g. Aspirin, Novalgin

iii) Antibiotics are the chemical substances which are produced by microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, molds etc. which can inhibit the growth or even destroy other microorganisms. e.g. Penicillin G, Ampicillin, Amoxycillin.