Drugs
- Created by: JessicaGrey
- Created on: 06-04-16 15:25
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- Drugs
- Developing new drugs
- 1) Must be tested in a labouratory using cells, tissues and aimals
- 2) Clinical trials are run using healthy volunteers. They are given very small doses
- 3) If drug is found safe, further trails are run to find optimum dose
- 2) Clinical trials are run using healthy volunteers. They are given very small doses
- New drugs are constantly being developed
- 1) Must be tested in a labouratory using cells, tissues and aimals
- Thalidomide
- Originally used as a sleeping pill. Passed all tests
- Found to relieve morning sickness in pregnant women, but was not tested for this
- Babies were born with severe limb deformities
- Found to relieve morning sickness in pregnant women, but was not tested for this
- Now it is used to treat leprosy and other diseases
- Drug testing has now become more vigourous
- Originally used as a sleeping pill. Passed all tests
- Performance enhancing drugs
- Stimulants- increase heart rate
- Anabolic steroids- increase muscle mass
- Some are legal by law but all are banned by sports regulations
- Very unethical but taken because of pressure/ money/ fame
- Recreational drugs
- Legal: caffeine, nicotine, alcohol.
- Mildly addictive
- Overall they have the biggest effect on societies health because more people take them
- Illegal: cannibis, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy
- Cannabis may lead to mental health problems and is a "gateway drug"
- Ecstasy, cannabis and heroin may have adverse effects on the heart and circulatory system.
- Cocaine and heroin are highly adictive
- Legal: caffeine, nicotine, alcohol.
- People suffer from withdrawal symptoms without drugs because their bodies become dependent on them
- Developing new drugs
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