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Hi let us know the remaining topic about drugs: (II) 1. Anticoagulants:- These type of drugs prevents the clotting of blood which are in the conditions such as thrombosis and embolism. Some white blood cells and liver cells produce Heparin which is a natural anticoagulant. They are also used to prevent coagulation in preserved blood used for transfusions. Tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) dissolves clots and its used to open vessels after myocardial infarction. Here infarction means damage or death and myocardial means heart muscle tissue. Exs:- 1. Dicumarol (Diabinese) 2. Heparin 3. Sodium warfarin (Coumadin) 4. Plasminogen activator (tPA) 2. Anticonvulsants:- These drugs are used in the treatment of epileptic seizures. These depress abnormal spontaneous activity of the brain arising from areas affecting scar or tumor without affecting normal brain function. Anticonvulsants are often called antilepileptic drugs or antiseizure drugs. Exs:- 1. Carbamazepine

Already we have learnt about the term 'Antibiotics'. In this post we would learn about the different types of Antibiotics (I)1. Antifungal :- It is the agent that suppress the growth or reproduction of fungi which may be used topically in superficial infections. It may be orally or intravenously in systemic fungal infections. Ex:- 1. Amphotericin B (Fungizone) 2. Ketoconazole (Nizoral) 3. Fluconazole (Diflucan) 2. Antimalarials:- The drugs used to prevent or treat malaria Exs:- 1. Chloroquine (Aralen) 2. Pyrimethamine (Daraprim) 3. Antituberculars:- The drugs that are used for killing actively multiplying large bacterial population in a cavity, slow and intermittently multiplying small population in a solid caseous lesion and a slow occasionally multiplying population inside macrophages, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Exs:- 1. Isoniazid (NH) 2. Rifampin (Rifadin) 3. Erythromycin 4. Antivirals:- These drugs are used to treat an infection