Topic 3- Medicine And Drugs Flashcards
Control group
If an experiment is to determine the effect of changing a single variable, a control is often set up in which the independent variable is not changed, enabling a comparison to be made.
Double blind trial
A drug trail in which neither the patient not the doctor knows if the patient is receiving the new drug or the placebo.
Drug
A chemical which causes changes in the body.
Medical drug
Cure diseases or relive symptoms.
Recreational drug
Alter the state of your mind and/ or your body.
Effective medicine
A medicine that cures the disease it is targeting.
Epidemic
When more cases of an infectious disease are recorded than normally expected.
Pandemics
When more cases of a disease are recorded than normal in a number of different countries.
Placebo
A substance used in clinical trials which does not contain any drug at all.
Safe medicine
A medicine that does not cause any unreasonable side effects while curing a disease.
Stable medicine
A medicine which does not break down under normal conditions.
Statin
Drug which lowers the blood cholesterol levels and improves the balance of HDLs to LDL.
Steroid (anabolic)
Drug that is used illegally by some athletes to build muscles and improve performance.
Thalidomide
A drug that caused deformities in the foetus when given to pregnant women to pregnant women to prevent morning sickness.
