What are the different kinds of drugs?

Answer 1

Aspirin, ibuprofen (brand name Motrin), and acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) are all medications that lower fever and reduce pain and inflammation. They are referred to as antipyretics (treat fever), analgesics (treat pain) and anti-inflammatory drugs (treat inflammation).

Here are some other examples:

Antibiotics treat infections.

Antihypertensives treat high blood pressure.

Anticoagulants are blood thinners

Antihistamines treat allergic responses

Antimetabolites and antineoplastics treat cancer.

Antipsychotics treat severe mental illness.

Benzodiasepines are used tin the treatment of anxiety.

Diuretics help treat heart failure.

Contraceptives prevent pregnancy.

Expectorants and decongestants relieve cold symptoms.

Vasopressors treat shock, heart failure, heart block, Asthma, and severe allergic reactions.

Answer 2

In pharmacology, there are different criteria of drug classification. Depending on the mode of action, drugs fall in the following classes: analgesics, antibiotics, antihelminthes, hormone replacements, oral contraceptives, tranquilizers, diuretic drugs and stimulants.

Answer 3

Certainly many, many thousands. The exact number is impossible to say as some medicines are licensed in some places and prohibited in others.

There are also some remedies that may be efficacious but not be classed by eveyone as medicine.

Answer 4

There are more than four categories of medicines. But four of them would be 1) cardiovascular medicine, 2) antidepressant medicines, 3) lipid lowering medicines, and 4) pain medicines.

Answer 5

There are many types of medicine. This includes antibiotics, blood pressure medicine, Birth Control, anxiety medication, as well as painkillers.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

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