Why do we need to classify drugs in different ways?

1.	Why do we need to classify drugs in different ways?
Answer» We need to classify drugs in different ways: (i) to provide doctors the whole range of drugs available for the treatment of a particular type of disease. (ii) to provide medicinal chemists a range of drugs those act on a particular and molecular target. (iii) to provide drugs which share common structural features and similar pharmacological activities. (iv) to provide drugs for inhibition of disorders in a particular biological process.

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We need to classify drugs in different ways:

(i) to provide doctors the whole range of drugs available for the treatment of a particular type of disease.

(ii) to provide medicinal chemists a range of drugs those act on a particular and molecular target.

(iii) to provide drugs which share common structural features and similar pharmacological activities.

(iv) to provide drugs for inhibition of disorders in a particular biological process.

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