Question

What kind of medicine fights a virus?

Answer 1

Antivirals:

1. Medicines that fight the virus are called antiviral medicines.
2. These medicines hinder the growth of virus in our body unlike the antibiotics which kills pathogens.
3. These drugs either shorten the length of viral infection or ease the effect of symptoms.
4. These drugs also reduce risk of spreading viruses.

Therefore medicines that fights viruses are antiviral medicines.