Another drug trial went wrong when eight male volunteers received an active drug, with six getting the drug and two a placebo; the six who received the active drug experienced severe side effects, including skin discoloration and tissue death.
Another drug trial went wrong when eight male volunteers received an active drug, with six getting the drug and two a placebo; the six who received the active drug experienced severe side effects, including skin discoloration and tissue death.
| Front | What was another drug test that went wrong (other than thalidomide)? What happened? |
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| Back | 8 men volunteered to take part in a clinical trial in North-West London (Northwick).
Six were given the active drug and two were given a placebo
The six who got the active drug suffered horrific side-effects, such as skin discolouration and the death of tissues in parts of the body |
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