Hello Richard,

Thanks for the great question! 👍

Generally speaking, a 'medicine' is a medication prescribed by a doctor. These two words are often used interchangeably and it is usually down to the context to know if there is a difference between them. 'Drug' is generally used when talking about an addictive/illegal drug, for example heroin, or cocaine.

A 'medicine' is usually categorised as a substance that “prevents, alleviates or cures a symptom, ailment or disease state," with the exception of chemotherapy drugs (used for cancer).

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Hi. Is there a difference between drug and medecine?

Thanks.

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i had to take two kinds of medicines when i was ill

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This is very helpful. I think these short videos are best as these dont let you lose the interest as well as learn new things every time.

How's deference between drug and medicine?

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Yeah, i did

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