Article Title: Should You Be a Human Guinea Pig?
http://www.readersdigest.com.au/should-you-be-human-guinea-pig
Summary: Every medicine, vaccination or injection we received, need human test before it is allowed to appear in medical use. There are three case of medical volunteer. One is motivated by the chance of free medical treatment. Another is to earn some money by merely lying around. The other is special, they just want to help medical science. There are four phases of Clinical trials. First, to see if it is save or not, and know the highest dose they can use. Second, to see if the volunteer have the condition the drug developed to treat. Third, test the drug on several thousand people. Final stage, collects safety information. Usually, under strict government regulations, a drug test takes seven to fifteen years for experiment.
Reflections: Actually I was in a paradox condition after reading this article. First, it mentions about that some people go for the clinical test for the money. I do not agree with this, I think the government should forbid it. It’s a realistic world, money is important, but we should not jeopardize our life. There are many unexpectancies. But on the other side, if there are no human tests, how can we know if the new medicine is effective. So in my opinion, I prefer the truly volunteer who did it for no reason. And also the patient who are under a bad condition, he/she may not be able to live without new medical breakthrough.
Vocabulary:
- 1. vaccination (n.) 種痘；接種
- 2. ailing (adj.) 生病的；體衰的
- 3. rigorous (adj.) 嚴格的；嚴厲的
- 4. placebo (n.) 安慰劑
- 5. randomize (v.) 做任意排列；隨機選擇
- 6. cystic fibrosis (n.) 囊性纖維化
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