Home
Class 12
CHEMISTRY
Sleeping pills are recommended by doctor...

Sleeping pills are recommended by doctors' to the patients suffering from sleeplessness but it is not advisable to take its doses without consultation with the doctor. Why?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Most of the drugs taken in higher doses than recommended may cause harmful effect and act as poison. Excess of dosage of sleeping pills may prove fatal. 'Therefore, a doctor must always be consulted for appropriute dose before taking medicine.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • CHEMICAL KINETICS

    V PUBLICATION|Exercise Question Bank|171 Videos

  • COORDINATION COMPOUNDS

    V PUBLICATION|Exercise QUESTION BANK|113 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Why should not medicines be taken without consulting doctors? "

When the doctors measuring body pressure it is advisable to lie on a table. Why?

A doctor advised a pregnant lady not to take any medicines without consulting him especially for the first three months. Give reason.

The doctor prescribed to use antacid for a person who was suffering from acidity in the stomach. Explain the reason for acidity in the stomach.

Gene therapy aims in correcting diseaes caused by defective genes. A child is suffering from a disease due to deficiency of ADA enzyme. ADA gene which normally produce the enzyme is missing in the patient. Recommend any two methods to treat the child.

A patient approaches a doctor with a problem that he was not able to sleep for the last 6 months. The doctor said that it may be due to the defect in the relay centre of his brain and advised him to take sedative pills. a) Which part of brain is described here as relay centre ? b) What are the actions of sedative pills in body ?

V PUBLICATION-CHEMISTRY IN EVERYDAY LIFE-QUESTION BANK
  1. Sleeping pills are recommended by doctors' to the patients suffering f...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. With reference to which classification has the statement "ranitidine i...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Why do we require artificial sweetening agents?

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Write the chemical equation for preparing sodium soap from glyceryl ol...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Why do we need to classify drugs in different ways?

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Explain the term, target molecules or drug targets as used in medicina...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Name the macromolecules that are.chosen as drug targets.

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Why should not medicines be taken without consulting doctors? "

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Define the terms ‘chemotherapy'.

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Which forces are involved in holding the drugs to the active site of e...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. While antacids and antiallergic drugs interfere with the function of h...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Low level of noradrenaline is the cause of depression. What type of dr...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. What is meant by the term broad spectrum antibiotics? Explain.

    Text Solution

    |

  14. How do antiseptics differ from disinfectants? Give one example of each

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Why are cimetidine and 'ranitidine better antacids than sodium hydroge...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Name a substance which can be used as an antiseptic as well as disinfe...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. What are the main constituents of dettol?

    Text Solution

    |

  18. What is tincture of iodine? What is its use?

    Text Solution

    |

  19. What are food preservatives?

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Why is the use of aspartame limited to cold foods and drìnks?

    Text Solution

    |