drug trials

Question 1

What is a placebo

Answer 1

Fake treatments that doesn’t involve receiving the drug.

Question 2

What is the control group?

Answer 2

The group which are gaining the fake drug or placebo.

Question 3

Explain the process of drug testing

Answer 3

1. First of all the scientists grow a real human cell in the laboratory. They do this because it measures the effects the drug has on real human cells.
2. After it is successful they test it on live mammals like monkeys and rats to take out all those harmful substances before they are given to humans.
3. If the drug causes serious damage to the animals then testing is likely to cease. It is also stopped when it is not effective.

Question 4

Explain the clinical trial stage

Answer 4

1. First of all they test healthy volunteers to ensure the safety and to see if there are side effects.
2. Then after its successful they select people with illnesses to test for effectiveness and to see if there are side effects. Then they will test a large amount of people with the illness and will repeat multiple times.

Question 5

What are blind trials?

Answer 5

When patients don’t know whether they are receiving a real drug or placebo.

Question 6

What are double blind trials?

Answer 6

When the patients and scientists have no knowledge of whether they are receiving the real drug or placebo.

Question 7

What are open label trials?

Answer 7

When the patients and scientists know what treatment the patients are getting.