Discovering and testing drugs
Where drugs come from, the stages of testing, placebos and double-blind trials, and percentage reductions from trial tables.
You will be able to
- Name the plant and mould sources of digitalis, aspirin and penicillin
- Put the stages of drug testing in order
- Explain placebos, double-blind trials and the optimum dose
- Calculate percentages, means and percentage reductions from trial data and evaluate a trial
25 minutes, 10 exam-style questions.