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Rigorous Medical Testing Must Be Done On Each New Medication






by Leyton Bandito


Before a new medication can be approved for the general public the new medication must undergo medical testing on humans. The reason new medications have to be tested on humans is to assure that the product is safe and to determine the incidence of side effects. Every drug will cause some type of secondary reaction because all drugs cause more than one reaction.

Side effects might include stomach pain, nausea, or dizziness. Secondary reactions must be expected but they must be identified before a medication can be judged as safe for consumption by humans. If the secondary reactions are known and determined acceptable based on the drug's benefits then the medication will be approved for release to the general population.

Medications are tested first on animals and then on humans once the animal trials are determined successful. Pharmaceutical companies pay trial subjects to participate in medication trials and carefully monitor the trials to assure the trial subjects safety. Subjects are rigorously screened before allowing acceptance in the trial studies.

Many people erroneously think that drug trials are dangerous. The fact is that pharmaceutical companies pay a high premium for their reputations and take measures to make sure that all medication trials are run with rigorous safeguards in place. The trials are run by professionals and dosing schedules are followed very closely.

People who volunteer to participate in drug studies are providing a benefit to humankind even if their contribution is only in the testing phase. There are many drugs on the market that save human lives on a daily basis that are available because someone volunteered to be part of the drug trial. Society owes a debt to these volunteers.

Medical testing has to be performed on every new medication before its general release. Pharmaceutical companies pay people who volunteer to participate in medication trials used to determine a drug's secondary effects and efficacy. Those who volunteer to participate in drug trials help indirectly humankind.




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