BPS 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Benzocaine, Pseudoephedrine, Analgesic

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

There was no preventaive medicine, so the inluenza virus (common cold) can be fatal. The virus destroys issue and this makes the immune system create symptoms. There is no cure for the common cold: some cold medicaions relieve symptoms. Many remedies do nothing, the simple act of doing something makes you feel beter, but no medicaion will prevent colds. There was a common cold research unit in england. They used human experiments, to get these test subjects. The facility would adverise a 10- day free vacaion in a high" class hotel: the subjects were placed in extreme comfort. But this vacaion was not exactly free, they would dose you with something the irst day and would track you throughout the week to see if you got sick. There are sneeze collectors though, so we can test and determine if the virus is in the presence of the sneeze.