4.3.1.8 antibiotics and painkillers

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What are antibiotics?
Substances that kill bacteria or stop their growth inside the body
what are painkillers?
substances that relieve the pain of symptoms
what don’t painkillers do?
affect the pathogen
what can’t antibiotics kill?
viruses, protists or fungi
why is it important to use specific antibiotics to specific bacteria?
not all antibiotics are effective against every form of pathogen
what is it difficult to do while developing drugs that kill viruses?
develop a drug that kills the virus without also damaging the tissue
what is still a great concern regarding antibiotics?
the emergence of strains resistant to the antibiotics