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6. What are anabolic steroids?

  • Drugs that stimulate the body to make more red blood cells.
  • Drugs that help to build up muscle mass.
  • Drugs which help to ignore pain.
  • Drugs which slow down the heart rate.

7. What do recreational drugs affect?

  • The way your nervous system works.
  • The way plants photosynthesise.
  • The way your digestive system works.
  • The way your reproductive system works.

8. Thalidomide was originally developed as a sleeping pill.

  • True
  • False

9. Stages of developing a drug:

  • 1) Drug. 2) Cells, tissues, organs. 3) Animals. 4) Humans.
  • 1) Drug. 2) Cells. 3) Humans and Animals.
  • 1) Drug. 2) Animals. 3) Cells, tissues, organs. 4) Humans.
  • 1) Drug. 2) Animals. 3) Humans.

10. What is a recreational drug?

  • A legal drug.
  • A drug which is taken for fun.
  • A drug which treats a disease.
  • An illegal drug.

11. Alcohol is linked to:

  • Lung cancer
  • Liver cancer
  • Mental illness

12. A drug is tested to establish:

  • Its strength, side effects it causes and the most appropriate dose.
  • Its taste, strength and most appropriate dose.
  • Its effectiveness, toxicity and most appropriate dose.
  • Its effectiveness, strength and most appropriate dose.

13. Cannabis is linked to:

  • Lung Cancer
  • Mental illness
  • Liver cancer

14. Paracetamol is a type of drug which:

  • Relives symptoms
  • Treats symptoms

15. A double-blind trial is when...

  • Neither the doctor nor patient know who has received the real drug and who has received the placebo.
  • Neither the pharmacist nor doctor are aware of the patient has received the real drug or the placebo.
  • Neither the patient or the pharmacist are aware if the doctor had prescribed the real drug or the placebo.

16. Which have more negative impacts on health?

  • Legal drugs
  • Illegal drugs

17. What is a placebo?

  • A bacterial infection.
  • A substance used in clinics in place of dangerous microorganisms.
  • A substance used in clinical trials which doesn't contain any drug.
  • A substance which smells like one thing and tastes like another.

18. What are statins?

  • Drugs that are used in diets.
  • Drugs that lower the amount of cholesterol in your blood.
  • Drugs that increase an athlete's metabolism.

19. An antibiotic is a type of drug which:

  • Treats symptoms
  • Relieves symptoms

20. A drug is a substance that alters the way in which your body works. They can affect:

  • Your mind
  • Both: mind and body
  • Your body