{"id":2163,"date":"2020-07-23T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2020-07-23T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:31:21","slug":"q-2-define-drug-what-are-its-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-2-define-drug-what-are-its-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.2 Define Drug. What are its types?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q.2 Define Drug. What are its types?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Definition<\/strong><br \/>\nAny substance that is absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal body function is known as a drug.<br \/>\n<strong>Types<\/strong><br \/>\nDrugs are broadly classified into two types<br \/>\n<strong> i. Pharmaceutical drug <\/strong><br \/>\nOR<br \/>\n<strong>Medicinal drug <\/strong><br \/>\nIt is defined as any chemical substance used in the diagnosis, cure, treatment or prevention of diseases.<br \/>\n<strong> ii. Addictive drugs<\/strong><br \/>\nSome drugs often make person dependent on them, or addicted. These may be called as addictive drugs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/unit-18-pharmacology-long-questions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1462 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q.2 Define Drug. What are its types? Answer: Definition Any substance that is absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal body function is known as a drug. Types Drugs are broadly classified into two types i. Pharmaceutical drug OR Medicinal drug It is defined as any chemical substance used in the diagnosis,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-2-define-drug-what-are-its-types\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q.2 Define Drug. What are its types?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2164,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/2164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}