medicine and drugs
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- Created on: 20-05-15 16:52
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- medicine and drugs
- developing new medicines
- when we develop new medicines they have to be tested and trialed extensively before use
- drugs are tested to see if they work well .we also make sure they are not toxic and have no unacceptable side effects
- thalidomide was develpoed as a sleeping pill and was found to prevent morining sickness in early pregnancy , it had not been fully tested and caused birth defects
- how effective are medicines
- satin's lower cholesterol in the blood and can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by up to 40%
- the effectiveness of both prescribed and non prescribed drugs can only be measured in double blind trial
- drugs
- drugs change the chemical processes in your body , so you may become addicted to them
- addiction is when your body becomes physically or mentally dependent on the drug
- smoking cannabis may cause mental health issues
- hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin , are very addictive and cause serious health issues
- legal and illegal drugs
- many recreations drugs affect the nervous system , particularly the brain.
- some recreational drugs are legal others are illegal
- the overall impact of legal drugs on health is much greater than illegal drugs because more people use them
- does cannabis lead to hard drugs?
- people can progress from recreational drugs like cannabis to hard drugs because cannabis is illegal and has to be obtained from a dealer
- cannabis smoke contains chemicals which may cause mental illness in some people. teenagers are particularly vulnerable to this effect
- drugs in sport
- steroids and other banned performance enhancing drugs are used by some athletes
- the use of performance enhancing drugs is considerd unethical by most people
- developing new medicines
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