Drugs

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This page lists consumable items found in Pathologic 2, all of which can be consumed by the player for health and status effects. Most drugs can also be administered to other characters. Drugs are typically purchased from pharmacies or obtained from townsfolk via trading. Some drugs are made by the Haruspex in his Lair.

Health Recovery

Bandages and Tourniquets result in immediate recovery of health, whereas Morphine and Painkillers will give the player a buff for 2 in-game hours, during which their health recovery in sleep is improved (these buffs can be stacked by consuming more than one). When consumed by the player, Painkillers have additional auxiliary effects that are determined by the tincture and organ used to brew them. Morphine and Painkillers can also be administered to patients during diagnosis, which will reduce their pain.

Item	Effect
	NPC	Player
Bandage	-	+20% HP
Tourniquet	-	+10% HP
Morphine	-25% Pain	+5% HP +10% Exhaustion 2hr buff to HP recovery during sleep (+6.5% HP/2 hrs sleeping)
Painkiller	Pain reduction (varies)*	2hr buff to HP recovery during sleep (varies)* Auxiliary benefit (varies)*

• * Details regarding Painkillers' varying brew times and effects can be found in the table below.

Painkiller Brew Times & Effects
Organ	Icon	Haruspex		NPC Pain	Brew Time
		Health Recovery	Auxiliary		Tincture	Tincture (+)
Blood		+25.5%	-15% Thirst	-15%	0:40	0:20
		+14.5%	-10% Thirst
		+28.5%	-20% Thirst
Kidney		+28.5%	+10% Immunity	-25%	1:00	0:40
		+25.5%	+7.5% Immunity
		+14.5%	+5% Immunity
Liver		+14.5%	+15% Exhaustion recovery* (-6 Exh./2 hrs sleeping)	-35%	1:20	0:50
		+28.5%	+45% Exhaustion recovery* (-18 Exh./2 hrs sleeping)
		+25.5%	+30% Exhaustion recovery* (-12 Exh./2 hrs sleeping)
Heart		+28.5%	-15% Hunger	-50%	1:30	1:00
		+14.5%	-5% Hunger
		+25.5%	-10% Hunger
Brain		+14.5%	-5% Exhaustion	-80%	1:50	1:15
		+28.5%	-15% Exhaustion
		+25.5%	-10% Exhaustion
*When consumed by the Haruspex, Painkillers brewed with a Liver will give him a buff for 2 in-game hours, during which time his exhaustion recovery in sleep is improved.

Prophylaxis

Increases immunity during Prophylaxis. Tinctures are also used to identify disease symptoms when diagnosing infected patients. When consumed by the player, Twyrine can locate notable events and children's caches, the details of which can be reviewed on its respective page.

Item	NPC	Player
	Immunity		Hunger	Thirst	Exhaustion
Twyrine	+10%	+12.5%	+10%	+30%	+5%
Immunity Boosters	+15%	+25%	-	-	-
"Yas" Tincture	+20%	+20%	+10%	-	-
"Medrel" Tincture	+20%	+20%	-	-	+10%
"Zürkh" Tincture	+20%	+20%	-	+20%	-
"Yas" Tincture (+)	+30%	+35%	-5%	-	-
"Medrel" Tincture (+)	+30%	+35%	-	-	-5%
"Zürkh" Tincture (+)	+30%	+35%	-	-40%	-

Antibiotics

See Antibiotics

Lowers infection. When consumed by the player, all antibiotics will also reduce their health, and home-brewed antibiotics will have small auxiliary effects which are determined by the tincture and organ used to brew them. Note that all of the following reductions made to Infection (Player & NPC) and Health occur relative to those stats' current value rather than their total value, such that neither status meter is fully depleted.

Item	Layer	NPC	Player
		Infection		Health
Neomycinium	Bones	-35%	-30%	-40%
Ferromycinium	Nerves	-35%	-30%	-40%
Monomycinium	Blood	-35%	-30%	-40%
Neomycinium (+)	Bones	-50%	-50%	-60%
Ferromycinium (+)	Nerves	-50%	-50%	-60%
Monomycinium (+)	Blood	-50%	-50%	-60%
"Yas" Antibiotic	Bones	(varies)*	(varies)*	(varies)*
"Medrel" Antibiotic	Nerves	(varies)*	(varies)*	(varies)*
"Zürkh" Antibiotic	Blood	(varies)*	(varies)*	(varies)*

• * Details regarding home-brewed antibiotics' varying brew times and effects can be found in the table below.

Home-Brewed Antibiotics Brew Times & Effects
Organ	Icon	Haruspex			NPC Infection	Brew Time
		Infection	Health	Auxiliary		Tincture	Tincture (+)
Infected Blood		-30%	-25%	-15% Thirst	-20%	2:00	1:20
		-30%	-50%	-10% Thirst
		-40%	-50%	-20% Thirst
Infected Kidney		-35%	-50%	+10% Immunity	-35%	2:00	1:20
		-40%	-25%	+7.5% Immunity
		-35%	-50%	+5% Immunity
Infected Liver		-40%	-50%	+15% Exhaustion recovery* (-6% Exh./2 hrs sleeping)	-45%	2:30	1:40
		-40%	-50%	+45% Exhaustion recovery* (-18% Exh./2 hrs sleeping)
		-50%	-25%	+30% Exhaustion recovery* (-12% Exh./2 hrs sleeping)
Infected Heart		-60%	-50%	-15% Hunger	-55%	2:30	1:40
		-50%	-50%	-5% Hunger
		-50%	-25%	-10% Hunger
Infected Brain		-70%	-50%	-5% Exhaustion	-65%	2:50	1:55
		-80%	-50%	-15% Exhaustion
		-70%	-25%	-10% Exhaustion
*When consumed by the Haruspex, Antibiotics brewed with an Infected Liver will give him a buff for 2 in-game hours, during which time his exhaustion recovery in sleep is improved.

Cures

Cures the Plague entirely. Alternatively, the player character can be cured if subjected to fire-based attacks made by Arsonists and Army Flamethrowers. They can also be cured by speaking to the large heart in the Abattoir titled "Zurkhen's Large Chamber," which unlocks the "Big Heart" Achievement.

Item	Effect
	NPC	Player
"Shmowder"	Cures plague Maxes Pain*	Cures the plague Reduces current health by 90%
Panacea	Cures plague	Cures plague

• * Bound NPCs' pain is issued a new value with each day, so this is irrelevant.

These items are items found in Pathologic: The Marble Nest.

Full Release (2019)

Health Recovery

Item	Hover & Touch	Use
Bandage	Improves health. Stop bleeding, and you stop death–or delay it, at least. Folks here believe that any affliction can be smothered in bandages, and any decently soft cloth can serve as one. Makes one wonder how people with such advanced medical knowledge even get sick at all.	Can be used to increase health.
Immunity Boosters	Assorted pills of unknown origin. Boosts immunity. Smells suspicious. Scientifically speaking, there's no consensus on if immunity can be boosted at all. However, these pills work well. According to the box, they were manufactured more than fifty years ago.	Boosts immunity.
Morphine	Relieves fear and pain, leaving you drowsy and numb. Wish I could take this and sleep, but that's not an option right now. A person is only alive for as long as they feel pain. No matter what Katerina Saburova does, she remains alive.	Can be used to increase health at the cost of exhaustion.
Tourniquet	Rubber tourniquets are regarded as poor quality by the townsfolk, who prefer the locally made leather ones. The rumor that General Block, the chief commanding officer of the soldiers deployed to the Town, hanged himself on a noose made of tourniquets rather than succumb to the disease, is absurd and unfounded. This rubber band can't support the weight of a grown man.	Can be used to increase health.

Cures

Item	Hover & Touch	Use
Panacea	The box seems to be filled with powder made of assorted ground pills. …So Artemy Burakh did manage to make a cure for sand pest after all.	Cures the Plague completely, without any health risks.
Shmowder	The box seems to be filled with powder made of assorted ground pills. It's hard to picture a person who would produce such a mixture. Powders, or "shmowders," as the kids call them, can sometimes cure any disease. Or at least they used to. Khan, the children's leader who now rules the Polyhedron, claims that all the real "shmowders" were used up long before the epidemic.	Cures the Plague at the cost of a great amount of health.

Demo Release (2016)

Health Recovery

Item	Hover & Touch	Use
Antbiotics	The best way not to get infected is to be dead. Antibiotics, that lower infection at the price of general health, are the first step in that direction. "Bios" means life, which encompasses all that is living, including both the harmful bacteria and humans. Antibiotics attack both. The difference is that while they can kill a person dead, a couple of bacteria always escapes their assault, so it's impossible to cure yourself fully with antibiotics only.	Can be used to increase health and immunity.
Bandage	Common bandages stop bleeding or can be fashioned into a makeshift noose if you've contracted the sand plague. It is common folk knowledge that any affliction can be overcome with the application of bandage and that any decently soft and clean cloth can serve as one. Makes one wonder how the people with such advanced medical knowledge even get sick at all.	Can be used to increase health.
Immunity Boosters	Assorted pills of unknown origin. Boost immunity. Side effects include nausea and the inability to smell almonds. Scientifically speaking, it is dubious whether immunity can be boosted at all. However, these pills work infallibly. According to the box, they were manufactured more than fifty years ago.	Boosts immunity.
Morphine	A person is only alive for as long as they feel pain. Morphine makes you numb to it, seemingly increasing health. Unsuccessfully banned within the limits of the town by governor Saburov, who was trying to alleviate his wife's addiction, morphine relieves a person of pain, worries, and worldly desires, leaving them in a drowsy and numb state.	Can be used to increase health at the cost of exhaustion.
Tourniquet	Rubber tourniquets are regarded as poor-quality by the townsfolk, who prefer the locally made leather ones. The rumor that General Block, the chief commanding officer of the soldiers deployed to the town, hanged himself on a noose made of tourniquets rather than succumb to the disease, is absurd and unfounded. This rubber band can't support the weight of a grown man.	Can be used to increase health.

Cures

Item	Hover & Touch	Use
Panacea	A run-of-the-mill medicine vial filled with clotty reddish liquid that vaguely smells of spices. It seems distantly familiar. Shortly before his tragic demise, Artemy Burakh, a local pellar, claimed to have produced a miraculous cure capable of erasing the sand plague completely from one's body. Until now, his claims remained unproven. This may be the only sample in existence.	Cures the Plague completely, without any health risks.
Shmowder	The box seems to be filled with powder made of assorted ground pills. It's hard to picture a person who would produce such a mixture. Powders, or "shmowders", as the kids call them, can sometimes cure any disease completely. Or at least the used to; Khan, the children's leader who now rules the Polyhedron, claims that all the real "shmowders" were used up long before the epidemic.	Cures the Plague at the cost of a great amount of health.

“	P.S.: For your special attention, doctor. In connection with your special mission, you will not be able to avoid infection most likely. Therefore do not despair of the infection. Earlier or later. Maintain the disease at incubation stage, use antibiotics. Sooner or later the serum will be invented. Remember the so-called “powders”. According to preliminary information these quasy-antibiotics can bring you to lethal outcome, but they, as a rule, destroy the disease. Stand firm. Find below the description of protective means, food and medicines recognized preliminary as suitable for use.	„
	— Directly transcribed from the original Pathologic (2005) manual

"Drugs" is the third of five tabs in the player's inventory. Drugs include antibiotics, cures, immunity boosters, painkillers, and vaccines. Drugs may have effects on health, immunity, and infection.

Item	Type	Description	Effect
Alpha-Tablets	Immunity Booster	An outdated immunity booster. Only useful in very large doses that cause serious health damage.	When taken, health decreases by 1.5 and immunity increases by 10.
Bandage	Health Recovery	An elastic antiseptic bandage. Facilitates health recovery after a traumatic injury. Closes and disinfects the wound, preventing inflammation.	Restores 20 points of health.
Bandage Set	Health Recovery	A set of bandaging equipment—bandages, tourniquets, splits, and antiseptics. Very useful for recovery after traumatic injury. Allows to stop bleeding, disinfect wounds, support injured joints and damaged tissue.	Restores 40 points of health.
Beta-Tablets	Immunity Booster	A synthetic immunity booster. Good for increasing immunity. Overdosing can lead to adverse health effects.	When taken, health decreases by 1.5 and immunity increases by 15.
Black Vaccine	Vaccines	An early sample of the "organic vaccine" A makeshift prophylactic drug based on a dead culture of the Sand Plague. Allegedly restores one's immunity over the course of several hours.	Immediately raises level of immunity to 70 and maintains immunity level for about 4 hours.
Blue Vaccine	Vaccines	An enhanced variant of the "organic vaccine". A prophylactic drug based on a weakened culture of the Sand Plague. Tested by volunteers and judged to be suited for distribution. Restores immunity for 4 hours, rendering a person almost completely insusceptible to the effects of the disease. (Level of immunity - up to 80%. The medicine does small damage to health.)	Immediately raises the level of immunity to 90 and maintains immunity level for 4 hours.
Delta-Tablets	Immunity Booster	An immunity booster. A masterpiece of this country's pharmacology. Increases immunity by a great deal. Large doses cause negligible harm.	When taken, health decreases by 2 and immunity increases by 60.
Etorphine	Painkiller	A powerful narcotic painkiller. It's very good at reducing pain and has a similarly strong sedative effect (35s, -35e). Restores strength when sleeping (3e/ph, 3s/ph). It should be remembered that an overdose can lead to a severely weakened state and even death. Effective for ten hours.	Upon immediate ingestion, health increases by 35 and exhaustion increases by 35. Each hour of sleep increases health by 30 points and exhaustion decreases by 40. The effect lasts for 10 hours.
Feromycinum	Antibiotic	An antibiotic that kills microbes and suppresses their growth. Feromycinum causes a sharp decrease in the number of harmful microorganisms and halves and infection's rate of progression. It does not eradicate the disease, but can significantly lower the level of infection and even return the patient to consciousness. Is very harmful to health.	Reduces infection to 20% of its current level, exhaustion increases by 30, and health decreases by 30.
Gamma-Tablets	Immunity Booster	New-generation immunity booster. Excellent for increasing immunity. Speeds up white blood cell production. Can be dangerous in large doses.	When taken, health decreases by 1.5 and immunity increases by 30.
Meradorm	Painkiller	A painkiller (-25e) rather than a sleeping draught. Restores a small amount of health (3s). Good for restoring strength during sleep (5e/ph, 8s/ph). Meradorm has a strong sedative effect and induces sleep even during excruciating pain. The effect lasts for 5 hours.	Upon immediate ingestion, health increases by 3 and exhaustion increases by 25. Each hour of sleep increases health by 7 points and exhaustion decreases by 25. The effect lasts for 5 hours.
Monomycinum	Antibiotic	An antibiotic that kills microbes in the organism and suppresses their growth. Monomycinum doesn't kill harmful microorganisms, but strongly impedes their reproduction which is crucial for this type of infection. Unable to destroy the disease but can reduce the rate of infection to a third. Significantly harmful to health.	Reduces infection to 40% of its current level, exhaustion increases by 25, and health decreases by 25.
Morphine	Painkiller	A universal opiate painkiller. Has a strong analgesic (15s) and sedative (-25e) effect. Used for heavy injuries, acute pain and in preparation for surgery. Reduces fatigue (8e/ph) and increases health (2s/ph) when sleeping. The effect lasts for 10 hours.	Immediately restores 15 health and increases exhaustion by 25. While sleeping, 20 points of health are gained per hour and exhaustion is reduced by 25 points per hour. Effect for lasts 10 hours.
Neomycinum	Antibiotic	An antibiotic that kills microbes in the organism and suppresses their growth. Neomycinum slightly decreases the number of harmful microorganisms but does not slow down the rate of infection. Unable to destroy the disease, but can halve the level of infection. Slightly harmful to health.	Reduces infection to 60% of its current level, increases exhaustion by 15, decreases health by 15.
Novocaine	Painkiller	Has an equal analgesic and sedative effect (10s, -10e). Provides excellent restoration of strength when sleeping (8е/ph, 13s/ph). A good local anesthetic. The effect lasts for 9 hours.	Upon immediate ingestion, health increases by 10 and exhaustion increases by 10. Each hour of sleep increases health by 13 points and exhaustion decreases by 25. The effect lasts for 9 hours.
Panacea	Cure	An organic serum based on the antibodies that Artemy Burakh managed to procure from some mysterious source. Completely eradicates the effects of the infection at any stage. Is not harmful. Only a few portions exist in the town. Probably no more than a dozen.	Can be used on self or other characters to completely cure the Plague.
Shmowder	Cure	A mix of randomly chosen drugs (mostly antibiotics). Those "shmowders" were created by children to "play Plague." The random recipe produced an unexpected result—the powder completely removes the effects of Sand Plague infection, but severely damages health.	When used, the Plague will be completely cured and health will be reduced down to only 5 points. If health was less than 5 when the Shmowder was taken, it will not change.
Tourniquet	Health Recovery	A rubber tourniquet. Facilitates health recovery after a traumatic injury. Stops bleeding and immobilizes damaged tissue.	Restores health by 10 points.
Twyrine	Painkiller	A strong infusion of the oxitocia tvirinum herb. Boosts immunity. Acts as an analgesic, restores strength during sleep. According to elder locals, critical doses of twyrine can alter the effects of infection. Some of the effects of twyrine are still unknown.	One bottle of Twyrine will increase both exhaustion and immunity by 5 points.
White Vaccine	Vaccines	The final variant of the "organic vaccine". A unique prophylactic drug based on a live culture of the Sand Plague. Even if one's immunity is completely suppressed by the infection, given a safe environment it will be restored in 25 minutes. Maintains one's immunity in infected districts for four hours. (Level of immunity - up to 95%, period of effect - up to 8 hours).	Immediately raises immunity to 120%. The effect lasts for 4 hours. Immunity will fall below 100% after 6 hours.
Twyrine Extract	Immunity Booster	A valuable immunity boosting infusion made of several herbs. Its effect heavily depends on random factors: the types of herbs, the time and place the herbs were gathered, the composition of the herb mix.	Increases immunity and decreases health. Potency of effect varies depending on the herbs used when brewing.
Dead Gruel	Antibiotic	A combination of twyrine infusion and some organic material. May function as a primitive antibiotic. A prototype of the future serum. How close of a prototype is yet to be determined with careful research.	Decreases infection and decreases health. Potency of effect varies depending on the Twyrine Extract used in the mixture.