Question

What are used to control body temperature during fever?
A.Antipyretics
B.Analgesics
C.Antidiuretics
D.Antibiotics

Answer 1

Hint: Chemical substances used for the cure or treatment of disease (in man or other animals) and reducing suffering from pain are called medicine or drugs. There are various kinds of drugs which we used in our day to day are grouped into the categories.
These are as follows.
-Antipyretics
- Tranquilisers or hypotonic
-Analgesics
- Antiseptics and disinfects
-Antimalarials
- Antibiotic etc. are many kinds

Complete answer:
Those chemical substances which are used to reduce the body temperature and are called antipyretics drugs.
The study of antipyretics and analgesics drugs are done simultaneously because there are some medicines which are used for both purpose i.e. for reducing the body temperature as well as for body pain example carocin, paracetamol etc.
Let us take an example of an antipyretic drug which is used for both aspirin.
Aspirin: (2 acetoxybenzoic acid) is a common analgesics (pain killer) with antipyretic properties (temperature lowering) properties. Aspirin new finds the use in the prevention of Heart Attack also i.e. it is an act vasodilator.

Option ‘A’ is correct antipyretic is used to lower the body temperature.

Note:
Analgesics: Those chemical substances which are used to reduce the intensity of pain are called analgesics. These are further two types
- Narcotics drugs (addictive drugs)
- Non- Narcotics drugs
Examples of some analgesics medicines are morphine codeine, Anlagen, Navalgin, Diclofenac sodium etc.
- Antibiotics: those chemical substances which are prepared by using microorganism and used to kill the microorganism are called antibiotics.
Example penicillin (first discovered antibiotics ), Tetra cyclins, ciprofloxacin etc.