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What You Ought To Know About Pharmaceutical Drugs

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The term pharmaceuticals is derived from “pharmaceuticus” (Latin) and “pharmaceutikos” (Greek)

and implies “to administer medicines.” In themodern usage of the word, pharmaceutical drugs are substances used to diagnose, prevent or treatment abnormal medical conditions and diseases, viz. pain, malaria, anxiety, etc.

pharmaceutical-drugs.jpgPharmaceuticals are classified in several ways, based either on their chemical properties, or mode of administration, or biological system affected, etc. A widely recognized and prevalent system for classification is the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC system). Examples of such classification include, dermatologicals (drugs for the skin), Nervous system (drugs for the brain and nerves), Anti-infectives (drugs meant to kill harmful invasion of the body by bacteria, viruses, etc.)

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