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A medication is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
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Medications

A medication is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

Pharmaceuticals are drugs that are used to diagnose, treat, cure and prevent various diseases. They are the most common medical intervention and their potential to help us is enormous. When you are sick, you might have to see your doctor. He/she may need to turn to drugs to treat you and get you to feel better. After getting a prescription, you can buy various types of pharmaceuticals for your ailment here. However, there is also a range of drugs you can get without presenting a prescription to your pharmacy of choice here. All drugs listed are from reputable manufacturers.

A dosage form that contains one or more active and/or inactive ingredients. Medications come in many dosage forms, including tablets, capsules, liquids, creams, and patches.

Medication is another word you can use for medicine. They mean the same thing. An antiviral drug is the only government-approved medication for COVID-19. A pill is a small, rounded object that contains medicine.

Types of medicines

  • Liquid. The active part of the medicine is combined with a liquid to make it easier to take or better absorbed
  • Tablet. The active ingredient is combined with another substance and pressed into a round or oval solid shape
  • Capsules.
  • Topical medicines.
  • Suppositories.
  • Drops.
  • Inhalers.
  • Injections.

Categories of Medication

  • General Sales List - GSLs are a type of medicine that have few legal restrictions.
  • Pharmacy Medicines. Pharmacy Medicines are only available to purchase behind the counter at a pharmacy.
  • Prescription Only Medicines.
  • Controlled Drugs.

We take medications to diagnose, treat, or prevent illness. They come in lots of different forms and we take them in many different ways. You may take a drug yourself, or a healthcare provider may give it to you. Drugs can be dangerous, though, even when they're meant to improve our health.

A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.

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.

There are three broad categories of medicines — over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, prescription medicines, and complementary medicines. Believe it or not, there are now 10,000 prescription drugs and 300,000 over-the-counter medicines on the market, and that number continues to grow.