Drugs and Trials Flashcards
(28 cards)
What is penicillin
Antibiotics drug made from mould
Who created penicillin
Alexander Fleming
What’s a Digitals
Heart drug
Where do digitals originate from
Foxgloves
What is aspirin
Painkiller
Where does aspirin originate
Willow
What MMR vaccine
Measles Mumps Rubella
What is herd immunity
Vaccinated large population to protect unvaccinated
What are vaccinations
Inject dead pathogens to create lymphocytes to destroy illness
What is communicable diseases
Diseases that can be passed easily from person to person
Give 3 examples of communicable disease
Flu
Ebola
COVID
Herpes
Common cold
What is non communicable illness
Chronic illness that cannot be passed on
Examples of non communicable diseases
Cancer
Chrons
Diabetes
Asthma
Parkinsons
1st step of drug trials
Test on human cells and animals
Why do we test on animals and cells?
Test for toxicity
2nd step of drug trials
Test in healthy patients
Why do we test on healthy patients
To test for side effects, not from the illness
Step 3 of drug trials
Test on sick patients
Why do we test on sick patients
Dosage and efficiency
What do we test new drugs for
Toxicity efficiency side effects and dosage
What is a placebo
Fake drug that tricks the brain
What is a double blind trial
Where both doctors and patients don’t know who has the placebo
Why do we do double blind trials
To prevent bias opinions
What is thalidomide
a drug that was not trial properly
