Question

What is chemotherapy?

Also define the following methods of chemotherapy
1. Antibiotics
2. Antihistaminic drug
3. Analgesics
4. Antipyretics​

Answer 1

Chemotherapy:- By the help of different different medicines or Chemicals treatment is done in this process.

1. Antibiotics:- This type substances are those which are secreted by microorganism, those inhibit the growth and can destroy the other microorganisms, it is known as antibiotics. This term was given by Walksman.

Example:- Ampicilin, Tetracycline, Ciprofloxacin etc.

2. Antihistaminic drug:- These type of drugs give us relief from allergies by the process of neutralization of histamine which is released from the ruptured mast cell.

Example:- Cetirizine

3. Analgesics:- In this process those substance are considered and are which give is relief from pain.

Examples:- Codeine, Diclofenac, Morphine etc.

4. Antipyretics:- It is also called as as Antifebrile because in this method those substance are used that reduces temperature or fever of the body.

Examples:- Nimesulide, Aspirin, Paracetamol etc.

Answer 2

WHAT IS CHEMOTHERAPY?

➜ Chemotherapy is the use oF chemical substances to treat disease in its modern-day use, it refers primarily to cytotoxic drugs used to treat cancer cancer is the un controlled growth of cells due to damage to DNA and occasionally, due to an inherited propensity to develop certain tumours.

OR

➜ Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells. It usually works by keeping the cancer cells from growing, dividing, and making more cells. Because cancer cells usually grow and divide faster than normal cells, chemotherapy has more of an effect on cancer cells.

DEFINES:-

➥ ANTIBIOTICS:

Antibiotics are medicines that help stop infections caused by bacteria. They do this by killing the bacteria or by keeping them from copying themselves or reproducing. The word antibiotic means “against life.” Any drug that kills germs in your body is technically an antibiotic.

OR

• Antibiotics is a drug used to treat bacterial infections.

• Antibiotics have no effect on viral infections.

• Originally, an antibiotic was a substance produced by one microorganism that selectively inhibits the growth of another.

• The first drug of the tetracycline family, chlortetracycline, was introduced in 1948.

➥ ANTIHISTAMINIC DRUG:

The Antihistamines drugs used to treat allergic rhinitis and other allergies. Typically people take antihistamines as an inexpensive, generic, over-the-counter drug that can provide relief from nasal congestion, sneezing, or hives caused by pollen, dust mites, or animal allergy with few side effects.

➥ANALGESCICS:

An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain. Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems. They are distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily affect, and in some instances completely eliminate, sensation.

➥ ANTIPYRETICS:

The antipyretics is used are which are nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) used primarily as analgesics (pain relievers), but which also have antipyretic properties; and paracetamol (acetaminophen), an analgesic with weak anti inflammatory properties.