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