Chloride Hydrogen Magnesium Nitrate 2.0 Drugs affect the human body. New drugs must be tested and trialled before being used. 2.1 New drugs are tested in a laboratory before they are trialled on people. In a laboratory, what are new drugs tested on? [1 mark] _____________________________________________________________________ 2.2 Why is it important that are trialled before doctors give them to patients? [2 Tick boxes. two To that the drug works To check the cost of the drug To find out if the drug is legal To find the best dose to use 2.3 In a double blind drug trial, only some people know which patients have been given the drug. Who knows which patients have been given the drug? [1 mark] Tick one or more boxes. The patient The doctor The scientists at the drug company Doctors trialled four different treatments for reducing the risk of heart disease. The patients did not have heart disease at the start of the trial. The Figure 2 shows the results.
Chloride Hydrogen Magnesium Nitrate 2.0 Drugs affect the human body. New drugs must be tested and trialled before being used. 2.1 New drugs are tested in a laboratory before they are trialled on people. In a laboratory, what are new drugs tested on? [1 mark] _____________________________________________________________________ 2.2 Why is it important that are trialled before doctors give them to patients? [2 Tick two boxes. To that the drug works To check the cost of the drug To find out if the drug is legal To find the best dose to use 2.3 In a double blind drug trial, only some people know which patients have been given the drug. Who knows which patients have been given the drug? [1 mark] Tick one or more boxes. The patient The doctor The scientists at the drug company Doctors trialled four different treatments for reducing the risk of heart disease. The patients did not have heart disease at the start of the trial. The Figure 2 shows the results.