drugs and medicine

• What other term is used for drugs in medicine?

  Medications
• Approximately how much does the NHS spend annually on medications?

  Over seventeen billion pounds
• What are the two main categories that medications can be divided into?

  Symptom relievers and disease treatments
• What are some common symptoms of a sore throat?

  Pain, cough, and headache
• How do painkillers and cough medicine treat a sore throat?

  They relieve the symptoms only
• How do antibiotics work against bacterial infections?

  They kill or prevent bacterial growth
• Why are antibiotics ineffective against viral sore throats?

  They target bacteria, not viruses
• What is one key reason antibiotics can't affect viruses?

  They are made for bacteria
• Why is it difficult for antibiotics to target viruses even if they could?

  Viruses hide inside body cells
• Why might a doctor perform a test before prescribing antibiotics?

  To identify the bacteria type
• What is antibiotic resistance?

  Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
• What has revolutionized medicine in terms of treating disease?

  Treating symptoms and the disease
• How do multiple drugs help patients?

  Some relieve and some fix causes