Drug trial and therapeutic trial – What’s the difference?
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December - 2024, Posted On: 01 December 2024
There is a clear-cut difference between a drug trial and therapeutic trial. Prescribing drug for a therapeutic trial is not against the law as long as requisite tests are performed, as happened in this case.
The patient experienced pain in her right knee. She was a known case of rheumatoid arthritis. The doctor, an experienced orthopaedic surgeon, prescribed Leflunomide for thirty days. Soon after taking the medicine, itching and rashes developed all over patient’s body.