Medicinal Drugs

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Medicinal Drugs: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistance, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Effect of Heroin on Nervous System etc.

Important Questions on Medicinal Drugs

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Heroin is obtained from which of the following plants?

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Write the effects of heroin on the neurological system?

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How has the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus become so immune to antibiotics like Penicillin?

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The probable cause of the development of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus can be:

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Describe antibiotic resistance.

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Repeated use of antibiotics can develop resistance.

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Antibiotics are used to treat

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Streptomycin and tetracycline are obtained from protozoa or bacteria?

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Antibiotics cannot be used to treat 

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The first antibiotic to be discovered is streptomycin.

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Antibiotics kill bacteria by damaging their

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Which of the following is/are antibiotics?

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Streptomycin interferes with the cell wall formation of bacteria.

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Which of the followings are the sources antibiotics?