HELLO DRUGS

Drugs are commonly combinations of chemicals that are made to be medicines later on. These are used to heal different kinds of illnes. However, sometimes, some people use drugs not to heal illness, It is used to satisfy themselves and get addicted to which we call drug addiction.

Basically drugs are commonly used by everyone or as prescribed by the Physician to save life and reduce fatality of human life. Drugs are more highly effective than the use of any leaves used by the "albularyo" in healing sickness. To know how drugs work and effect in our body, i qouted an article in the internet.

"What medicines do for us

Medicines work in a variety of ways depending on what they are taken for and in what form.

Some examples of why we take medication are:

• pain relief
• to fight infection
• to fight disease
• to supplement a deficiency
• to assist a body mechanism to correct itself
• to decrease an over abundance of a body substance
• to balance systems and organs in the body

But in addition to what we take, there is also the route and form by which a medication is taken:

Oral - tablet, capsule, syrup, drops etc. Sub-lingual, (under the tongue) - tablet, drops. Skin preparation - cream, ointments, gel, patches and so on. Injection - by hypodermic needle. IV - Intravenous - needle into a vein. Into the bowel - suppository/enema. Inhalation - steam inhalation, crystals, and inhaler. Drops - ear/eye/nose.

How medicines are processed by the body is an intricate process, but we can simplify this by breaking the steps down into four main areas:

Administration - we take in the medicine by the form and route as mentioned earlier. Delivery - once the medicines are inside our body they move into the blood stream then into organs and tissues. Performance - medicines will produce or induce effects. Elimination - the body will wash out medicines and waste products associated with them.

Therefore the type and route will have an affect on where the drug will enter the body and what areas the drug may target. For example, inhalations are primarily to assist with breathing.

The route and type of medication also has an effect on how quickly a drug will act. Intra-venous (IV) is a rapid method of medication administration, since the chemicals enter directly into the blood stream.

Injection into muscles – which are full of blood vessels - is also a very fast method of medicines getting into the body.

Suppositories and enemas inserted into the bowel through the anal opening can also be swift acting. This is due to the large surface area of the bowel that is packed with blood vessels, so absorbing the drugs very quickly.

These last 3 routes also by-pass the stomach where some or the entire drug could be destroyed or diluted by the hydrochloric acid."

(source:http://hubpages.com/hub/How-Do-Medicines-Work-In-The-Body)

Thus, drugs are very effective to cure illness if they are used properly and not being abused by the user. Drugs are scientifically proven and come from different researches for its effectivity and capability to heal illness.