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)
2.1 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
Medicines used for getting relief from pain are called analgesics.
These are of two types:
(i) Narcotics: Drugs which produce sleep and unconsciousness are called narcotics.
e.g. Morphine, codeine, marijuana etc.
(ii) Non-narcotics: Aspirin ($2$ acetoxybenzoic acid) is the most commonly used analgesic with antipyretic (temperature lowering) properties.
Now a days because of its antiblood clotting action, aspirin is widely used to prevent heart attacks. Other examples are Ibuprofen, Naproxen etc.
