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    ASSESMENT:

    EXTENDED ESSAY
    TOPIC: BIOLOGY
    TITLE: What are
    the potential
    effects of pain
    killers and such
    drugs on harming

    the human brain


    and physical body?

    Abstract.
    The aim of this essay was to identify the effects of drugs
    such as pain killers on the human brain and the physical
    effects of it as well. The physical effects can be seen and
    identified through various experiments but the brain
    activity is much more complex to analyze, therefore I will
    be evaluating emotional, psychological and mental
    abnormalities.
    In my experiment I conducted a series of test whereby I
    identified several people being ill of a headache. Firstly I
    had to be exactly sure what was the cause of the
    headache (Lack of sleep, hunger, fatigue etc.) I
    2

    conducted a survey on 12 people. 6 male and 6 female,


    to ensure gender balance. I also made sure to use equal
    numbers of male and female to see whether there could
    be certain effects affecting one gender only. The
    experiment was repeated three times, each time with a
    different pool of people.
    I was testing three different drugs, one for each group.
    There being three, I felt this was adequately reasonable
    to identify their effects.
    All painkillers carry risks even OTC(Drugs that are safe
    and effective for use by the general public without a
    prescription are defined as over-the-counter (OTC) drugs)
    ones but it's the narcotic painkillers that carry the highest
    risk of addiction. My experiment involved three drugs:
    Aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen. These are OTC
    drugs and are not used for recreational purposes. Also
    these drugs do not need prescriptions to purchase.
    From the results of my experiment I was able to deduce
    that painkillers have minor side effects (physical effects)
    a few effects on behavior. The patients seemed to have
    diarrhea, nausea, indigestion and dizziness. The
    behavioral changes noticed where that a few became too
    dependent on these drugs and taking them quite often
    afterwards. All painkillers carry risks even OTCs but it's
    the narcotic painkillers that carry the highest risk of
    addiction

    Word count: 319

    CONTENTS PAGE
    1. INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS

    2. APPARATUS AND METHODOLOGY

    3. PICTURE OF EXPERIMENTS

    4. DATA ANALYSIS

    5. CONCLUSION AND EVALUATION

    6. APPENDIX

    7. WORKS CITED LIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Introduction and hypothesis.


    The purpose of my experiment was to find out
    what the effects of painkillers are on the brain and
    body.
    The reason why I chose this topic is because in the
    IB syllabus we dont study much about human
    brain. It is part of the options in IB, but I wanted to
    do a little bit of investigation on this topic for my
    own understanding of it. Ive always been curious
    about drugs what makes them so dangerous. The
    abuse of drugs was what fascinated me to choose
    the topic, I wanted to find out more about them.
    How over dosage kills and what percentage of the
    world is addicted to drugs, these interesting facts
    are key to further understanding how they work
    and maybe even enhance them. Growing up I
    hated taking medicine and I still do. I disliked the
    idea of taking medicine to feel better. As I grew up I
    realized that indeed drugs make your immune
    system weaker.
    Over the course of the summer I asked several
    individuals suffering from headaches who took
    particular drugs to fill in a form. The form simply
    asks two questions and symptoms that the person
    5

    has detected or irregularities in usual routines and


    the second question was any mental fatigue.
    Headaches are very common; very few of us really
    know what they mean or what is wrong when we
    have a headache. Its actually quite simple, there
    are four possible reasons for a head ache and the
    diagram 1.1 will illustrate them.

    When part of your body is injured, special nerve


    endings send pain messages back to your brain.
    Painkilling drugs interfere with these messages,
    either at the site of the injury, in the spinal cord or
    in the brain itself; they have a wide range of side
    effects.

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