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Usage of Medicine based on pH Values

Question

Below are the pH values of 4 types of medicine represented by letters P, Q, R and S
Chemistry Question

a) It is not advisable to use S when a patient has indigestion .Explain
b) What is the role of chemistry in drug manufacture

Answer

a)S is acidic and would make the situation worse

b) Discovery of drugs processing and testing is the work of chemists. Chemists are professionals who have studied chemistry


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