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Chemistry in Everyday Life
1.0 Chemicals In Medicine And Health Care
2.0 Drugs And Medicines
2.1 Analgesics
2.2 Control of microbial diseases
2.3 Antibiotics
2.4 Broad spectrum antibiotics
2.5 Sulpha Drugs
2.6 Antihistamines
2.7 Antiseptics and Disinfectants
3.0 Dyes
4.0 Cosmetics
5.0 New High Performance Materials
6.0 Ceramics
7.0 Chemicals In Food
8.0 Detergents
9.0 Rocket Propellants
10.0 Insect Sex Attractants (Pheromones)
2.2 Control of microbial diseases
2.2 Control of microbial diseases
2.3 Antibiotics
2.4 Broad spectrum antibiotics
2.5 Sulpha Drugs
2.6 Antihistamines
2.7 Antiseptics and Disinfectants
All the microbial diseases are controlled by the following three methods:
(a) By using the bactericidal drug, i.e. a drug which kill the organisms in the body.
(b) By using the bacteriostatic drugs i.e. a drug which inhibits or arrests the growth of the organism.
(c) By increasing the immunity and resistance of the body of infection.
Some important antimicrobial drugs are:
(i) Antibiotics
(ii) Sulpha drugs