Drugs & Medicines
This lesson covers:
- What medications are
- What painkillers are
- What antibiotics are
What is the difference between antibiotics, antivirals, and antiseptics? |
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Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent bacterial infections. They work by killing bacteria or preventing them from spreading. |
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Antivirals are used to treat viral infections. They don't directly destroy viruses, but stop them from reproducing. |
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Antiseptics are used to sterilise surfaces by destroying any microorganisms living there. They can be used on items such as surgical equipment, or humans (for example when washing a wound). |
A _________ is a drug that is used to prevent, treat or relieve the symptoms of disease.
medication
hallucinogen
antibody
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What is a pathogen?
A microorganism that causes disease
An organism that transfers a disease from one organism to another
A substance that damages cells
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Do painkillers help to cure the underlying disease?
Yes
No
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Which of the following types of drugs are used to relieve the symptoms of disease?
Painkillers
Statins
Antibiotics
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Which of the following drugs are used as painkillers?
(Select all that apply)
Paracetamol
Simvastatin
Penicillin
Aspirin
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Which of the following measures could help to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance?
(Select all that apply)
Patients taking antibiotics for the full prescribed course
Doctors only prescribing antibiotics for serious bacterial infections
Giving more antibiotics to farm animals
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Which type(s) of organisms can antibiotics kill?
Viruses
Bacteria
Protoctists
Fungi
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How do antibiotics help to cure bacterial infections?
They directly kill bacterial cells
They bind to pathogens and encourage our immune cells to destroy them
They reduce the symptoms caused by the bacteria
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True or false? Different antibiotics are effective against different strains of bacteria.
True
False
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Occasionally, bacteria can evolve so that antibiotics no longer kill them.
In these cases we say that the bacteria has developed .
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