Infection and response

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  • Created on: 13-04-19 12:10
What was plant foxglove used to extract
Heart drug digitalis
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Where was painkiller aspirin extracted from
Willow trees
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Drugs were extracted from..
Microorganisms
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Alexander flemming discovered....
Penicillin in the mould penicillium
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Most new drus are....
Synthesized by chemists in pharmaceutical industry. But starting point is still extracting chemiscals from plants
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New drugs have to be tested and trialled before using to chekc for...
Safeness and effecitivity
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New drugs are tested for their....
Toxicity. Efficacy. Dose
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Preclinical testing is done in a ....
Laboratory usinf cells, tissues and live animals
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Clinical trials use healthy volunteers and....
Patients
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How is it done
Very low doses of drug are given at start. If drug is found as ssafe, further clinical trials are done to find optimum dose for drug.
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What are some patients given in double blind trials
A placebo
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