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Chemicals in Medicines
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Analgesics
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Relieve pain
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Ibuprofen, Aspirin, diclofenac sodium, naproxen, narcotics (morphine, codeine, heroin).
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Antipyretics
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Lower body temperature
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Aspirin, paracetamol, phenacetin.
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Antiseptics and disinfectants
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Kill or prevent the growth of micro-organisms.
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0.2% phenol (antiseptic), 1% phenol (disinfectant), chlorine, dettol (chloroxylenon and terpeneol), iodine, bithional, boric acid.
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Tranquilizers
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Treatment of stress, mental diseases
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Derivatives of barbituric acid (veronal, amytal, membutal, luminal, seconal), chlordiazepoxide, meprobamate, valium, serotonin.
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Antimicrobials
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Cure infections due to micro-organisms (microbes)
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Antibiotics, Sulphonamides
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Anti fertility drugs
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Birth control
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Oral contraceptives, estrogen (ethynylestradiol) and progesterone (norethnidrone), mifepristone.
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Antibiotics
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Produced by micro-organisms and can inhibit the growth of other micro-organisms.
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Penicillin, tetracycline, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, amoxicillin
Sulpha drugs (sulphanilamide, sulphaguanidine, sulphadiazine,)
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Antacids
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Remove excess acid in stomach
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Magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate, magnesium trisilicate, aluminium hydroxide gel, sodium bicarbonate, aluminium phosphate, prazole, lansoprazole.
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