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Drugs which are used to promote sweating. Example: Potassium citrate.
Diaphoretics:
Drugs which are used to kill the microbes in nonliving things. Example:
Ammonium acetate.
Disinfectants:
Drugs which are used to increase the urine output. Example: Ammonium
chloride, Ammonium iodide.
Diuretics:
Substances which are used for the dressing of burns. Example:
Aluminum metal foil.
Dressing material:
Substance which are used to have soothing effect on the skin. Example:
Talc, Zinc stearate, Light kaolin.
Dusting powders:
Compounds used to treat acid base imbalance conditions in the
body. Example: Sodium chloride, Ringer lactate solution, Potassium chloride.
Electrolyte replenishers:
Drugs which are used to induce vomiting. Example: Zinc sulphate, Copper
sulphate.
emetics
Drugs which are used in the treatment of cough. They promotes the ejection
of mucus (sputum) from the lungs, bronchi and trachea by increasing its fluidity (reducing
viscosity). Example: Potassium iodide (sedative expectorant), Eucalyptus, Lemon (stimulant
expectorant), Ammonium chloride, Potassium iodide.
Expectorants
Drugs which are used to fill the dental cavities. Example: Gold and Silver metals.
Fillers
Drugs which are used to produce reversible loss of sensation.
Example: Nitrous oxide.
General anaesthetics:
Drugs which are used to kill the germs. Example: Chlorinated lime.
Germicides:
Drugs which are used in the treatment of anaemia. Example: Ferrous sulphate,
Ferric ammonium citrate and other iron compounds.
Haematinics:
Drugs which are used to arrest the flow of blood. Example: Alum.
Haemostatic:
are the drugs or chemicals which in the vapour form are inhaled or
administered through the respiratory system in the body. Example: Oxygen, CO2,
Ammonium carbonate, Nitrous oxide, Helium.
Inahalants
Drugs which are used in the treatment of iodine deficiency. Example:
Potassium iodide.
Iodine supplements:
Drugs which are used to promote the evacuation of bowel. Example: Magnesium
Sulphate, Sodium phosphate.
Laxatives:
Substance which tend to form a coating and protect the exposed skin or mucus
membrane from harmful stimuli. Example: Zinc stearate, Zinc oxide.
Protectives:
Drugs which are used to defecate. These agents relieve constipation and helps in
the expulsion of intestinal parasites. Example: Magnesium sulphate.
Purgatives:
Compounds which are used to prevent the entry of radiations. Example:
Lead sheets, Wall lining.
Radiation shields:
Radioactive element or compound added to material to monitor the
material's distribution as it progresses through a system. Example: Carbon-14, Tritium.
Radio isotope tracers:
