Chemistry > Chemistry in Everyday Life > 2.0 Drugs And Medicines
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)
2.5 Sulpha Drugs
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
A group of drugs which are derivatives of sulphanilamide are called sulpha drugs.
Sulphadiazine
Sulphapyridine
Sulphaguanidine
These have great antibacterial powers and have been widely used against diseases (such as diphtheria, dysentery, tuberculosis etc) caused by $CoCCi$ infections, -streptococci, gonococci and pneumo-cocci.
Example:
(i) Sulphanilamide
(ii)Sulphadiazine
(iii) Sulphapyridine
(iv) Sulphaguanidine