{"id":2180,"date":"2020-07-23T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2020-07-23T16:32:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:32:55","slug":"q-7-how-drugs-are-classified-describe-the-usage-of-important-medicinal-drugs-or-write-any-three-medicinal-drugs-explain-in-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-7-how-drugs-are-classified-describe-the-usage-of-important-medicinal-drugs-or-write-any-three-medicinal-drugs-explain-in-detail\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.7 How drugs are classified? Describe the usage of important medicinal drugs? OR Write any three medicinal drugs. Explain in detail."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q.7 How drugs are classified? Describe the usage of important medicinal drugs? OR Write any three medicinal drugs. Explain in detail.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer:<\/strong><br \/>\nDrugs are classified on the basis of their chemical properties and modes of action.<br \/>\n<strong>1. Analgesics ,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(Pain killers)<\/strong><br \/>\nReduce pain e.g. aspirin, paracetamol etc.<br \/>\n<strong>2. Antibiotics<\/strong><br \/>\nInhibit or kill bacteria and treat bacterial infections e.g. tetracycline, cephalosporin etc.<br \/>\n<strong>3. Sedatives<\/strong><br \/>\nInduce sedation by reducing irritability or excitement e:g. Diazepam.<br \/>\n<strong>4. Vaccines<\/strong><br \/>\nVaccines are used to develop immunity against viral and bacterial infections e.g. vaccines against small pox, whooping cough, hepatitis B etc.<br \/>\n<strong>5. Antiseptics<\/strong><br \/>\nReduce the possibility of infections on skin.<br \/>\n<strong>6. Antibiotics<\/strong><br \/>\nInhibit or kill bacteria within or on the body. Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin from the fungus penicillium notatum.<br \/>\n<strong> 7. Disinfectants<\/strong><br \/>\nDestroys microorganisms found on non-living objects. Joseph Lister introduced carbolic acid to sterilize surgical instruments and to clean wounds.<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.7 How drugs are classified? Describe the usage of important medicinal drugs? OR Write any three medicinal drugs. Explain in detail. Answer: Drugs are classified on the basis of their chemical properties and modes of action. 1. Analgesics , (Pain killers) Reduce pain e.g. aspirin, paracetamol etc. 2. Antibiotics Inhibit or kill bacteria and treat&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-7-how-drugs-are-classified-describe-the-usage-of-important-medicinal-drugs-or-write-any-three-medicinal-drugs-explain-in-detail\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q.7 How drugs are classified? Describe the usage of important medicinal drugs? OR Write any three medicinal drugs. Explain in detail.<\/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\/2180"}],"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=2180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2181,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions\/2181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}