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How do medicines help your body?
Drugs work in your body in a variety of ways. They can interfere with microorganisms (germs) that invade your body, destroy abnormal cells that cause cancer, replace deficient substances (such as hormones or vitamins), or change the way that cells work in your body.
Why are medicines important in the health system?
The role of medicine has been described as ‘to cure sometimes, to heal often and to comfort always’. As definitions of health have expanded, so have the roles of healthcare professionals and organisations, with more and more aspects of life associated with medical intervention (see section 7).
Are medicines good for health?
The benefits of medicines are the helpful effects you get when you use them, such as lowering blood pressure, curing infection, or relieving pain. The risks of medicines are the chances that something unwanted or unexpected could happen to you when you use them.
What is purpose of medicine?
Medicine is the field of health and healing. It includes nurses, doctors, and various specialists. It covers diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, medical research, and many other aspects of health. Medicine aims to promote and maintain health and wellbeing.
What are the 4 purposes of medicine?
The goals of medicine encompass the relief of pain and suffering, the promotion of health and the prevention of disease, the forestalling of death and the promoting of a peaceful death, and the cure of disease when possible and the care of those who can not be cured.
What’s the best way to store prescription medicines?
Keep medicines in their original labeled containers, if possible. Don’t use medicine that has expired, especially prescription medicine. Medicines should not be stored in your bathroom because heat and humidity can affect the potency of the drug. Most medicines should be kept at room temperature and away from sunlight.
Which is the most important medicine in the world?
Among the most important medicines are immunizations (or vaccines). These keep people from getting sick in the first place by immunizing, or protecting, the body against some infectious diseases. Vaccines usually contain a small amount of an agent that resembles a specific germ or germs that have been modified or killed.
What do medicines do to your body as you get older?
What they do is block the pathways that transmit pain signals from the injured or irritated body part to the brain (in other words, they affect the way the brain reads the pain signal) so that you don’t hurt as much while your body recovers. As people get older, they sometimes develop chronic or long-term conditions.
How are medicines used to treat different illnesses?
Different Types of Medicines. Medicines act in a variety of ways. Some can cure an illness by killing or halting the spread of invading germs, such as bacteria and viruses. Others are used to treat cancer by killing cells as they divide or preventing them from multiplying.