Drugs are classified as: Aspirin – analgesic Chlordiazepoxide – tranquilizer Penicillin – antibiotic Mention on what basis the above classification is done?
Analgesics decrease or eliminate pain without impairing awareness, producing mental disorientation, incoordination, or paralysis, or causing other nervous system abnormalities. Aspirin, morphine, heroin, and codeine are examples of analgesics. Tranquilisers are a family of pharmacological substances that are used to alleviate stress as well as mild to severe mental illnesses. These induce a sensation of well-being, which relieves worry, tension, impatience, and excitement. Tranquilizers include chlordiazepoxide, meprobamate, veronal, amytal, nembutal, luminal, and phenelzine, to name a few. Antibiotics are substances generated entirely or partially by chemical synthesis that, at low doses, inhibit or kill bacteria by interfering with their metabolic activities. Penicillin, Erythromycin, Tetracycline, Ofloxacin, Chloramphenicol, and Aminoglycosides are examples of antibiotics
