Option D

Activities/Assignments

Intro: Old Meds

Articles

• Thalidomide (assigned article)
  • The Thalidomide Tragedy (2009)
• Thalidomide Extras
  • Thalidomide: 50 Years Later
  • The Tragedy of Birth Defects (2011)
• Aspirin
  • Article: Wonder Drug and it's Family
  • Chapter 10 in Napoleon's Buttons
• Penicillin
  • Chem & Eng News: A Timeline of Penicillin
  • Fighting Bacteria ChemMatters article

HIV/AIDS Research Qs Google Doc

Freakonomics Bad Medicine Activity

Antacid Comparison Back Titration (start with Part 3)

Practice Qs Google Doc, or pdf & Answers by subtopic

Aspirin Lab

• Lab Instructions pdf
• Virtual Lab online sim
• Day 2 Demo Video
  • Part 1
  • Part 2

Useful Resources

Videos:

• Rx for Survival Interesting, short, PBS videos about global issues in medicine
• Scishow: Human Experimentation
• Why you can't drink Grapefruit juice with Meds
• Thalidomide
• Why we Haven't Cured Cancer
• Pain- Why and How
• Chemistry of Addiction
• World's Most Horrible Drug
• Caffeine
• Weird Sources of Antibiotics
• Superbugs
• How Much Water can Kill You?
• Greatest Discoveries: Medicine
• Periodic Table of Videos: Aspirin
• Periodic Videos Penicillin

Others

• Mouse Party
• Science of Addiction
• Teen Drug Use Survey Results: Monitoring the Future Summary Infographic and Full Report (2017)
• Radiation Dose Chart from OPB
• 10 Most Insane Medical Practices in History article
• Chemistry of Acne- from ACS