Double-action drugs (the hindu-12feb)

 

1)      These are those drugs whose side effects are not only harmless but prove helpful elsewhere in the body for some other malfunction.

2)      The following are a few double-action drugs

a)      Aspirin : Aspirin is one such double-action drug. Introduced first as a pain-reliever, it has also been found to help dissolve clotting of blood

b)      ELQ 300 : It is  an antimalarial, which acts against the malaria parasite both in the liver stage and when the parasite has already entered the bloodstream as well, making it a double-action drug

c)      Peptide M5 : It is effective against TB and malaria.

d)      Retiganine : It is  used to control convulsion in epilepsy patients, acts also as an effective drug to reduce acute stroke in mice.

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/speaking-of-science-doubleaction-drugs-one-key-opens-two-locks/article6883132.ece

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