Guest guest Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Respected members, Before beginning the actual discussion it is important for us to know the need for animal toxicity tests. Animal toxicity tests are needed to ensure the safety of any new drugs intended to be used in human beings in future. In addition, they, 1. Identify any toxic substance prior to its clinical use 2. Characterize the cumulative toxicity of the drug under study 3. To allow careful selection of doses for further studies 4. Quantitative and qualitative assessment of drug use 5. Therapeutic index can be calculated Dr Somesh RayasamJR,Pharmacology dept,GMCH, Nagpur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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