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What are medicines? |
Drugs used to treat, cure, or prevent diseases or other medical conditions. |
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What are Prescription medicines? |
Medicines sold only with a written order from a doctor. |
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What are over-the-counter (OTC) medicines? |
Medicines available without a written order from a doctor. |
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What are vaccines? |
Medicines that protect you from getting certain diseases. |
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What are antibiotics? |
These kill or stop the growth of bacteria and other specific germs. |
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What are side effects? |
Any reaction to a medicine other than the one intended. |
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What is Tolerance? |
The body becomes used to the medicine and it no longer has the same effect. |
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What is drug misuse? |
Taking medicine in a way that is not intended. |
