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1
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What three things are drugs tested for?

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Efficacy, Dosage, Toxicity

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What is efficacy?

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How effective something is in ideal and controlled conditions.

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What is effectiveness?

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How effective something is in the real world.

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What is toxicity?

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The ability for something to have harmful effects.

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What is dosage?

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The quantity of medication prescribed to be taken at one time.

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What is safety?

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Insured protection from harm or injury.

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What are the five stages of drug testing?

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Preclinical 1, Preclinical 2, Clinical 1, Clinical 2, Clinical 3.

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What is Preclinical 1?

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Uses computer models and human cells in a lab.

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What is Preclinical 2?

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Drugs are tested on animals to look for toxicity and side effects.

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What is Clinical 1?

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A small number of healthy volunteers are tested to ensure the drug has no unwanted side effects.

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What is Clinical 2?

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A small scale trial on selected individuals with relative illnesses to test the effectiveness.

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What is Clinical 3?

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Drugs tested on large populations to calculate dose at which point it might become toxic.

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What is a placebo?

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A substance that is like the drug being tested but doesn’t have any effects.

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At what stage is a placebo used?

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Clinical 1

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What is a blind trial?

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A trial in which the patients do not know who has the placebo.

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What is a double blind trial?

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A trial in which the patients and the doctors do not know who has the placebo.

17
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Where does penicillin come from?

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Mould

18
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Where does aspirin come from?

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Willow Bark

19
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Where does digitalis come from?

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Foxgloves

20
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What are painkillers?

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Drugs that relieve pain but do not tackle the cause or kill the pathogen.

21
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What are antibiotics?

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Drugs that kill the bacteria causing the problem without harming body cells.

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