Drugs
15.1What the syllabus asks of you
- Describe a drug as any substance taken into the body that modifies or affects chemical reactions in the body
- Describe the use of antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections
- State that some bacteria are resistant to 5 Explain how using antibiotics only when antibiotics which reduces the effectiveness of essential can limit the development of resistant antibiotics bacteria such as MRSA
- State that antibiotics kill bacteria but do not affect viruses
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Chapter 12: Drugs
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