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Significance of drugs in human life

Disease

• A number pfetabolic activities like locomotion,respiration, digestion,

circulation etc.,occurs in any living organism leading a successful life

• Any unwanted change resulting out of disturbance among these metabolic

activities is called disease Causative factors of disease

• Frequent changes occurring in the surrounding of living organisms,tissue

degeneration, functional disorders of various systems deficieqncy of nutrients,parasitic infections indiscriminate use of pesticides, insecticides

• Changes occuring in the ecosystem due to deforestation,sewage released into

drinking water are the common factors affecting the helath of living

• rganisms including man

Characterstics of a disease

• Every disease expresses itself with certain specific characters
• Sudden rise in temperature (fever),anorexia(loss of appetite), sleeplessness

(insomnia),nausea,vomiting,diarrhoea,cough,cold, inflammations,pains,rash etc., Are to be understood as the characters of disease

Drug

• Substances used to prevent, diagnose and cure the disease in animals or man are

called drugs Significance of drugs in human life

• Diseases were identified since the origin of man
• Drugs have took their origin with the thinking of curing the disease
• As the new diseases spreader,a number of new drugs were discovered
• Changes occuring in the surroundings,food habits,living habitats etc.,have lead to

the spread of number of new diseases,discovery of new therapeutic methods and new drugs

• Becaiyof continuous researches and effective implementation of the

immunization programme,dreadful diseases like smallpox,and polio are suceesfully eradicated from our country

• Man to lead successful life depend on some type of drugs and their

therapeutic action

• Hence drugs have a great influential role play in the living sland survival of

the human being