Drugs

Pharmaceutical Drugs

Pharmaceutical drugs also called medicines are the types of organic compounds or metal-containing complex compounds that are used for the medication, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases or abnormal conditions. Medicinal chemistry is a part of modern drug discovery where chemistry and pharmacy intersect for the identification, synthesis, and development of new chemical entities that are suitable for pharmaceutical use. The modern discovery of medicinal drugs involves the identification of candidates, synthesis, characterization, screening, and information for their therapeutic efficiency.

• Most compounds used as medicines to treat different health diseases are natural products or synthetic organic compounds.
• However, metal-containing compounds are also used for making pharmaceutical products. For example, platinum, lithium, and gallium-based complex compounds are used as pharmaceutical products. These metal-based medicines are used in cancer therapy or many other medication systems.

In this part of online chemistry courses, we learn lists of valuable information about the pharmaceutical or medicinal properties, synthesis, dosage, and side effects of drugs or medicines used on human health.