Evolution and Historical Progression of Drugs from Ancient to Modern Eras

Abstract

The advancement of drugs, from antique periods to the modern period, vitrines a progression from primarily natural remedies to the development of synthetic and complex pharmacological agents. Early pharmacology fundamentally depends on herbal therapies and plant sources for treating several disorders. Opium, used for pain release, and other natural substances were applied in early cures. Pharmacological medicines and transcripts like Avicenna's "The Canon of Medicine" recognized the use of normal materials. Ancient cultures like those of the Greeks and Romans acknowledged their awareness of medications and actions in medical texts, which regularly encompassed data about the medicinal properties of plants. The exercise of learning the restorative peculiarities of plants, known as pharmacology, prospered during the medieval span. Similarly, the ancient era, the middle ages in the 18th Century persistent to emphasize on natural substances as the primary foundation of medications. “While the nineteenth and twentieth centuries witnessed” the upsurge of artificial drugs, containing the detection of enzymes, the creation of gelatin capsules, and the use of hypodermic needles for medication delivery. “The era of twenties and the era of twenty-first century” saw the continual progress of man-made drugs, leading to the formation of a huge collection of medications for various disorders. Modern drug improvement consist of progressive skills like molecular biology and bioinformatics to determine and develop new drugs. In this article author aims to emphasize on evolution and historical progression of drugs spans from Ancient remedies like plant-based medicines to modern chemically synthesized pharmaceuticals that effectively describes the ride of drug change from its initial systems using natural remedies to the sophisticated, science-based treatments of today.