Analgesics, Anesthetics, Anxiolytics, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Anticonvulsants, Nervous system stimulants, Anti-emetics, Hallucinogens, Mood stabilizers For other uses of painkiller, see painkiller (disambiguation) An analgesic (colloquially known as painkiller) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain. ... Anesthesia (AE), also anaesthesia (BE), is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... An antidepressant is a medication used primarily in the treatment of clinical depression. ... The term antipsychotic is applied to a group of drugs used to treat psychosis. ... The anticonvulsants, sometimes also called antiepileptics, belong to a diverse group of pharmaceuticals used in prevention of the occurrence of epileptic seizures. ... A stimulant is a drug which increases the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and produces a sense of euphoria or awakeness. ... Certain drugs can affect the subjective qualities of perception, thought or emotion, resulting in altered interpretations of sensory input, alternate states of consciousness, or hallucinations. ... A mood stabilizer is a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by rapid and unstable mood shifts. ...

Bronchodilators, Decongestants Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A decongestant is a broad class of drugs designed to symptomatically treat ailments affecting the respiratory system. ...

Anti-arrhythmics, Antianginals, Antihypertensives, Antihyperlipidemics, Anti-coagulants, Antiplatelets, Beta blockers, Diuretics, Thrombolytics, Vasodilators, Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... In medicine and pharmacology, antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used in the treatment of arterial hypertension. ... Beta blockers or beta-adrenergic blocking agents are a class of drugs used to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions and some other diseases. ... A diuretic is any drug that tends to increase the flow of urine from the body (diuresis). ... A vasodilator is a substance that causes blood vessels in the body to become wider by relaxing the smooth muscle in the vessel wall, or vasodilation. ...

Antacids, Antidiarrhoeals, H2-receptor antagonist, Proton pump inhibitors, Laxatives An antacid is any substance that counteracts stomach acidity. ... An H2-receptor antagonist, often shortened to H2-antagonist, is a drug used to block the action of histamine on parietal cells in the stomach, decreasing acid production by these cells. ... Proton pump inhibitors are a group of drugs whose main action is pronounced and long-lasting reduction of gastric acid production. ... A laxative is a preparation used for the purpose of encouraging defecation, or the elimination of feces. ...

Anti-inflammatorys, Antirheumatics, Corticosteroids, Muscle relaxants In physiology, corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. ... In medicine, a muscle relaxant is a drug that causes skeletal muscle contraction to cease. ...

Antihistamines An antihistamine is a drug which serves to reduce or eliminate effects mediated by histamine, an endogenous chemical mediator released during allergic reactions, through action at the histamine receptor. ...

Antibiotics, Antivirals, Vaccines, Antiprotozoals, Antifungals, Anthelmintics An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A bottle and a syringe containing the influenza vaccine. ... An antifungal drug is medication used to treat fungal infections such as athletes foot, ringworm and candidiasis (thrush), as well as serious systemic infections like cryptococcal meningitis. ... Anthelmintics (in the U.S., antihelminthics) are drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminthes) from the body or kill them. ...

Corticosteroids, Antidiabetics In physiology, corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. ...

Anticancer agents, Immunosuppressants For a list of immunosuppressive drugs, see the transplant rejection page. ...

Oral contraceptives, Fertility agents Oral contraceptives are contraceptives which are taken orally and inhibit the bodys fertility by chemical means. ...

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