Summer 2006: Week 3, Round 2
Science: Legal drugs

 

1. What is the main problem for which Ritalin in prescribed?

 

A: Hyperactivity in children

 

2. What is Rogane used for?

 

A: Growing hair

 

3. What is the difference between Tylenols 1,2,3 and 4

 

A: The amount of Codeine

 

4. s drug has one of the worse reputations for causing terrible side effects, but it is still used to treat several diseases including blood cancer and leprosy

 

A: Thalidomide

 

5. What is Sildenafil better know as?

 

A: Viagra

 

6. The heavily advertised Zyban is supposed to help people do what?

 

A: Stop smoking

 

7. Which pain killer was Bayer forced to remove from the market last year after claims that it caused heart attacks?

 

A: Vioxx

 

8. The largest selling prescription drug in the world is used to treat high blood pressure by restricting cholesterol build up. What is it called?

 

A: Lipitor

 

9. A common suggestion from doctors for people with arthritis is to take one of these pills every day

 

A: Aspirin

 

10. What is the substance contained in an epipen, which is used to give fast relief for cases of anaphylactic shock

 

A: Adrenalin