Aspirin is toxic for liver and sometimes also causes bleeding fromstomach. So, naproxen, ibuprofen, paracetamol, dichlorofenac sodium are other widely used analgesics.
Antipyretics
These are the chemical substance which reduce body temperature during high fever. Paracetamol, aspirin, phenacetin( 4-hydroxy acetanilide), analgin and novalgin, etc., are common antipyretics. Out of these, paracetamol( 4-acetamidophenol) is most common.
Antimicrobials
An antimicrobial tends to kill or prevent development of microbes CII inhibit the pathogenic action of microbes such as bacteria, fungi and virus selectively.
[ Sulpha drugs constitute a group of drugs which are derivatives of sulphanilamide and have great antimicrobial capacity, thus, these are widely used against diseases such as dyptheria, dysentry, tubercu losis, etc.]