Medication
Medication or drug therapy includes chemically or biologically-derived substances used in the cure, treatment or prevention of a disease or injury. Most of us have taken antibiotics and other medication at some point in our lives. But do you know what the major drug treatments are for breast cancer, high cholesterol and diabetes?
Find out why aspirin is not only a useful painkiller, but a life-saving drug that can help in the war against heart disease and stroke.
To learn more about the side-effects and benefits of drugs, select a drug name from the list below.
- ACE inhibitor and A2RB drugs
- Antibiotic resistance
- Acarbose
- Aspirin
- Beta-blockers
- Clopidogrel
- General anaesthetic
- Insulin
- Local anaesthetic
- Meptid (meptazinol)
- Metformin
- Nateglinide and repaglinide
- Pethidine
- Statins
- Tamoxifen
- Thiazolidinediones
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