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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 56 sec.) ; 312751443 bytes |
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Over a person's lifetime they are likely to be prescribed more than 14,000 pills. Antibiotics, cholesterol lowering tablets, anti-depressants, painkillers, even tablets to extend youth and improve performance in bed. These drugs perform minor miracles day after day, but how much is really known about them?Drug discovery often owes as much to serendipity as to science, and that means much is learnt about how medicines work, or even what they do, when they're taken. By investigating some of the most popular pills people pop, What's in that Pill? questions how much can they be trusted to do what they are supposed to.The program take a look at how prescription drugs are manufactured; how Viagra, was discovered; and the effects of Ritalin - an ADHD drug - on healthy people.The drug solution can become a drug problem for some people, and one woman talks about her addiction to painkillers. Antibiotics may have increased our life spans, but as the program points out, we're becoming resistant to them. Meanwhile, a new drug can help an illness even before diagnosis, but it doesn't come without risks; and Exit International is trying to create a pill with the power to kill in a peaceful manner. (From the UK) (Documentary) PG CC |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2011-01-25 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Analgesics -- Side effects.
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Antibiotics -- Physiological effect.
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Antidepressants -- Physiological effect.
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Antidepressants -- Side effects.
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Drugs -- Prescribing.
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Pills.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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Jay, Emma, director
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McCrory, Helen, cast
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