Discovering and Developing Drugs Flashcards

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What is a placebo?

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A version of the drug which doesn’t contain any active ingredient.

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What is a double-blind trial?

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Where neither the patients or the doctors know which group receive the placebo, preventing bias from doctors who pay closer attention to the group receiving the real drug.

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How was penicillin discovered?

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Alexander Fleming left a petri dish with bacteria in it. Mould which grew in the petri killed the surrounding bacteria.

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What is the first step of drug trials?

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Computer simulation.

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What is the second step of drug trials?

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Tissue and organ testing.

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What is the third step of drug trials?

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Animal testing.

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What is the fourth step of drug trials?

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Clinical trials on healthy people.

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What is optimum dosage?

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The amount of drug which gives the most effect with the least side effects.

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What does testing on animals show scientists?

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If it is lethal.

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What information can scientists gain from testing?

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Optimum dosage, effectiveness, danger (lethality)

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