Drugs

• Pain killers- relieve pain. don’t kill the pathogens just help reduce symptoms
• Antibiotics- actually kill bacteria. different antibodies kill different types of bacteria. Need to be treated with right one

  • don’t kill viruses. hard without killing natural cells
• Bacteria can mutate making them resistant to antibodies

  • resistant strain cause serious infection like MRSA
  • dont over prescribe
  • finish while course ding just stop when feel better
• Drugs from plants 


  Aspirin- painkiller lower fever found in willow

  digitalis- treat heart conditions Found in foxgloves
• some drugs from microorganism 


  Alexander Fleming