3 Names of medicines that prevent disease?!
Question: Antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal.
Or where you looking for something more specific?
Okay...
1. Antibiotic...penicillin is a popular one, along with gentamycin and vancomycin. Zithromax is another common one, used frequently for respiratory infections.
2. Antiviral....zanamivir and oseltamivir are commonly used to fight the flu and other similar viruses.
3. Antifungal...amphotericin B is the one that's coming to mind...awful stuff...makes people sick..risks kidney damage but is effective.
EMT
If you are looking for a medication that will help keep a person from getting a disease, then the hepatitis B vaccine, Gardisil and tetanus/diptheria vaccine all help prevent those particular diseases. No vaccine is 100% effective but your risk of developing the diseases for which you are vaccinated are drastically decreased.
Answers: Antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal.
Or where you looking for something more specific?
Okay...
1. Antibiotic...penicillin is a popular one, along with gentamycin and vancomycin. Zithromax is another common one, used frequently for respiratory infections.
2. Antiviral....zanamivir and oseltamivir are commonly used to fight the flu and other similar viruses.
3. Antifungal...amphotericin B is the one that's coming to mind...awful stuff...makes people sick..risks kidney damage but is effective.
EMT
If you are looking for a medication that will help keep a person from getting a disease, then the hepatitis B vaccine, Gardisil and tetanus/diptheria vaccine all help prevent those particular diseases. No vaccine is 100% effective but your risk of developing the diseases for which you are vaccinated are drastically decreased.
Condoms, Plenty of Sleep and a Good diet..
vaccination
varicella, gardisil, MMR.
Isoniazid is used for people who have a positive TB test so they don't develop active tuberculosis.
Beta blockers like Inderal prevent migraine headaches.
Alopurinol prevents gout attacks.
Zantac, Axid, Prilosec prevent stomach ulcers.