CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS:- 1) ANALGESICS - TO REDUCE PAIN. E.G. IMOL, ASPIRIN PILL 2) ANTIPYRETICS - TO REDUCE FEVER. E.G. PARACETAMOL 3) ANTI-INFLAMMATORY - TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION AND PAIN. E.G. COMBIFLAM 4) ANTIHELMENTIC - ANTI-WORM IS USED. E.G. ALBENDIAZOLE. 5) ANTIHISTAMINIC - IT IS GIVEN TO STOP COLD, RUNNY NOSE AND REDUCE ALLERGIES. E.G. AVIL'S PILL / CETRIZINE PILL, INJECTION FINARGAN / AVIL. 6) ANTACIDS - ANTACIDS. E.G. RANTAC, ZENTEK PILL. 7) ANTIBIOTICS - ANTIBIOTICS - TO KILL GERMS OR TO STOP THE GROWTH OF GERMS. E.G. COTRIM PILL, AMOXICILLIN CAPSULES, CIPROX PILL ETC. 8) EXPECTORANT - COUGH MEDICINE FOR COUGH. 9) LAXATIVES - ACUTE LAXATIVES TO ELIMINATE CONSTIPATION - CASTOR OIL, MILD LAXATIVES, LIQUID PARAFFIN 10) ANESTHETICS - TO ANESTHETIZE. TO ANESTHETIZE THE LOCAL AND THE BODY. 11) BLOOD CLOT PREVENTERS - ANTICOAGNLANTS - PREVENT BLOOD CLOTS FROM FORMING. E.G. HEPARIN, CLOPID TABLETS. 12) ANTISEPTIC - TO PREVENT INFECTION. 13)ANTIDIARRHOEAL - OFFERED TO REDUCE DIARRHEA. 14) ANTI TUSSIVE - CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN COUGH - RECEPTORS FUNCTION IN THE SYSTEM 15)ANTIPURITICS - TO REDUCE ITCHING. TO RELAX 16) VASO CONSTRICTOR - CONSTRICTING BLOOD VESSELS E.G. F-CHOLINE 17) VASODILATOR - RELAXING BLOOD VESSELS. GIVE PATIENTS INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE. 18) ANTIFUNGAL - TO REDUCE FUNGAL INFECTIONS. 19) ANTISPASMODIC - TO REDUCE MUSCLE SPASM. E.G. VELADONA. 20) ANTIEMETIC - TO PREVENT VOMITING. 21) BRONCHODIALATOR - TO WIDEN THE AIRWAYS. 22) CATHERTICS ARE GIVEN TO CLEANSE THE INTESTINES. A) LAXATIVES MILD LAXATIVES. E.G. LIQUID PARAFFIN B) PARGETIVES - ACUTE LAXATIVES. E.G. CASTOR OIL. 23) CORTICOSTEROIDS - HORMONES MADE FROM THE ADRENAL CORTEX - TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION. A) GLUCOCORTICOIDS B) MINERALOCARTICOIDS 24) DIURETICS - TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF URINE. E.G. LASIKUS PILL. 25) EMETICS - FOR VOMITING. STIMULANTS - STIMULANTS ARE GIVEN TO STIMULATE THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 27) TRACVILIZERS - TO REDUCE ANXIETY. CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS ACCORDING TO DRUGS AFFECTING DIFFERENT ORGANS OF THE BODY: 1) DRUGS AFFECTING THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 2) AFFECTING THE HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. 3) AFFECTING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 4) AFFECTS MUSCLES AND SKELETAL SYSTEM. 5) HORMONES E.G. INSULIN, THYROXINE, ESTROGEN, PROGESTERONE 6) AFFECTING THE URINARY SYSTEM - E.G. PYRIDINE) AFFECTS THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM - METHANE 7) AFFECTS THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 8) NUTRITIONAL - E.G. IRON, FOLIC ACID TABLETS. 9) MEDICINES THAT AFFECT THE SENSES - E.G. EARS, NOSE, THROAT, EYES, SKIN. 10) EXCERPTS FROM POISONING. E.G. ATROPINE 11) CANCER DRUGS.