Drug

Drug

!Uncoated [aspirin tablets), consisting of about 90% acetylsalicylic acid, along with a minor amount of inert fillers and binders. Aspirin is a pharmaceutical drug often used to treat pain, fever, and inflammation.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Aspirinemacroshot.jpg/250px-Aspirinemacroshot.jpg)


Drug

A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation), injection, smoking, ingestion, absorption) via a patch on the skin, suppository, or dissolution under the tongue.


Drug

A pharmaceutical drug, also called a medication or medicine, is a chemical substance used to treat, cure, prevent, or diagnose a disease or to promote well-being. Traditionally drugs were obtained through extraction from medicinal plants, but more recently also by organic synthesis. Pharmaceutical drugs may be used for a limited duration, or on a regular basis for chronic disorders).

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