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In an experimental study of the effects of a new drug on depression a double-blind control technique is used, which of the following persons should not be informed as to which drug, experimental or placebo is being administered to each individual research participant?
1. Research participants in the experimental group.
2. Research participants in the control group.
3. Persons administering the drug.
4. Persons evaluating the drug effect.
Select the correct answer:
Statement 1: Prolonged boiling causes hydrolysis of pectin and volatilization of acid. Statement 2: Prolonged boiling causes loss of color and flavor.
Duration of drug action can be prolonged by
A drug that is highly effective in treating many types of infection can,at present,be obtained only from the bark of the ibora , a tree that is quite rare in the wild. It takes the bark of 5000 trees to make one kilogram of the drug. It follows, therefore, that continued production of the drug must inevitably lead to the ibore's extinction. Which of the following,if true, most seriously weakens the arguments above ?
Factors altering the binding of the drug to the blood increases the volume of distribution of the drug and the factors that influence drug binding to the extravascular component decreases the volume of distribution.
Which of the following is a correct method to find the fraction of unbound drug in plasma? Given where Cu is the concentration of unbound drug and C is total plasma drug concentration.
For a certain drug, the bile flow rate is 0.7 ml/mm, the biliary drug concentration is 2g/ml and the plasma drug concentration is 0.8g/ml. What will be the bile clearance?
In a graph of rate of excretion versus plasma drug concentration, which kind of drug will give the below shown curve? (x axis- rate of excretion, y axis – plasma drug concentration)
A drug was sold by an auction and according to the usage of trade it was to disclose in advance of any vast damage caused in the quality of the drug but such disclosure was not made and the drug was found to be defective. This is an example of:
Principle: No person can sue for a tort to which he had consented either expressly or impliedly. Voluntarily suffered injury is not fit for action. However rescue cases are exceptions.
Facts: A short distance from 'X's house, there was a railway collision due to the negligence of railway authority. 'X' voluntarily took an active part in rescue operations at the scene of the accident. As a result, he suffered prolonged anxiety and neurosis. He filed a suit for damages against railway authority.