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	What is the difference between medicine and medication? By Anonymous Asked Nov 26 2007 8:10PM	3 Pts Rate Question

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Answer 1 out of 5

by Anonymous on Feb 20, 2009 at 8:35 pm Permalink

I think medication is a set of medicines.

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Answer 2 out of 5

by Cyndi Ninja on Nov 26, 2007 at 8:18 pm Permalink

Medicine:

–noun
1. any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition, as by means of drugs, surgical operations or appliances, or manipulations: often divided into medicine proper, surgery, and obstetrics.
3. the art or science of treating disease with drugs or curative substances, as distinguished from surgery and obstetrics.
4. the medical profession.
5. (among North American Indians) any object or practice regarded as having magical powers.
–verb (used with object)
6. to administer medicine to.
—Idioms
7. give someone a dose or taste of his or her own medicine, to repay or punish a person for an injury by use of the offender's own methods.
8. take one's medicine, to undergo or accept punishment, esp. deserved punishment: He took his medicine like a man.

Medication:
–noun 1. the use or application of medicine.
2. a medicinal substance; medicament.

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medication

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by Spunts.answered 67 questions in 1 hour. on Nov 26, 2007 at 8:17 pm Permalink

medicine is a drug.it's a medication if you take it.

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by ammukher on Nov 26, 2007 at 8:14 pm Permalink

Medication is the activity of taking medicine and medicine is the medicine itself that you take.

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by weeniemuffin on Nov 26, 2007 at 8:11 pm Permalink

i'd think medication is more for a chronic problem, and medicine is like asprin or whatever. really, the same thing though...