What is the difference between drugs and medication?

Answer 1

A vitamin is a organic micro nutrient needed by the body. A supplement is exactly that a supplement. You supplement what your body is not receiving. So you are supplementing vitamins because you may not receive them in your diet.

Answer 2

Define and distinguish between dietary supplements used as food and as drugs.

1. Dietary Supplements Used in Food
2. 1. A varied diet that conforms to the recommendations of MyPyramid or the Healthy Eating Pyramid is likely to provide most people with sufficient essential nutrients for good health. For those people, a nutritional dietary supplement is probably unnecessary, although some may want to take one as a form of "dietary insurance." However, in high doses, vitamins A, D, K, B3, and B6 may be toxic.
   1. Besides being intended to augment the nutritional quality of the diet, many dietary supplements are touted by manufacturers as preventatives or cures for ailments, stress, moods, and recreational drug use. A few supplements that act as drugs have been scientifically tested and found to be safe and effective for certain conditions.
3. Dietary Supplements Used in Drugs

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Answer 3

Medication refers to all medicines that are legally obtained for a therapuetic reason.

Drug refers to all medicines used legall as well as illegally.

Answer 4

To make a drug you need a drug license and they can be sold in medical shops only.where as a supplement needs a food license and it can be sold even in a kirana shop.

Answer 5

well really there isn't much difference.