Recent studies support the potential of a drug that is derived from the metal iridium to effectively treat cancer. This experimental drug, Drug ZL105, has not been tested for efficacy and toxicity. Imagine that you are the one responsible for approving or denying the use of this drug within the United States. Your job is to propose the testing that is needed for this drug to be determined as safe and effective for the treatment of cancer in humans.
In your research and discussion, you should address the questions below. What model(s) will you use for testing (i.e., animal, cell cultures, computer simulations)? Explain the choice of model, and provide support for the reliability of the model.
Discuss the pros and cons of your choice. In determining the safety and effectiveness of the drug, would it be necessary to test efficacy, toxicity, and lethality?
Explain what each of these tests are for and whether or not one or more of the tests are necessary for your determination. Provide your thoughts on what information you hope to gather from your tests and whether or not the same protocol should be used for various categories of products such as drugs, cosmetics, and herbal medicines.
Your case study assignment should be three to four pages in length and utilize at least three reliable references. Use APA style guidelines in writing this assignment, following APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and referencing.
Safety is a vital parameter to be ensured before new medicines are given to patients which is why drugs are tested on millions of animals worldwide each year to detect possible risks and side effects. As the technology is advancing ,the testing methods for drugs are also evolving . Computer simulation has came to existence for testing drugs and I would chose this new method for testing the drug derived from metal iridium for cancer treatment because animal testing is expensive, time consuming and also controversial due to its worldwide use and the potential for some side effects to be missed due to the differences between animals and humans.
The pros and cons of computer simulation are :-
Pros :
- study the behavior of a system without building it
- results are accurate compared to analytical model
- helps to find unexpected phenomenon , behavior of the system
- easy to perform because it uses the 'what if ' analysis
Cons :
- expensive
- sometimes it is difficult to interpret the simulation results
Yes , it is necessary to test the efficacy ,toxicity and lethality because we have prescribe these medicine for humans and we can't just give the medicine without knowing its effectiveness , side effects toxicity because it's about the human life ,we can't play with it . We are there to provide healthcare services to improve their health not to put their health in danger .
Efficacy means the ability of a drug to produce a desired effect .
Toxicity means the degree to which a drug can cause harm or damage an organism
Lethality means the capacity of a drug to cause death or serious damage .
Recent studies support the potential of a drug that is derived from the metal iridium to...