Before medicines are rolled out to the public, there has to be several checks and balances to ensure its safety. While a good number of people are in agreement with using animals for the checking the potency of a medicine before its use on humans, another group believes its a rather wrong approach. This essay will reveal the reasons behind these views and also opine that it is not a plausible practice to subject innocent animals to such risks.
On one hand, scientists are able to propose certain possible solutions to humankind's medical illnesses and diseases, however, the need to be sure such solutions have almost no side effects on the end users is paramount. Some animals have been identified to have similar anatomical systems like a human being. For example, the white mouse is a common guinea pig in most laboratories for testing the effect of certain chemicals in order to infer how humans would react to such chemicals. In addition, there are possible dangers associated with trials which could be fatal in humans and it is better to lose an animal than a person. These specialists believe that this reduces the chances of negative results involved in the testing phase of these drugs.
On the other hand, some animals are the verge of extinction due to several reasons, such as; hunting, effects of natural disasters and medical laboratory chemical tests. There are other ways to check the effectiveness of a medication other than inflicting undue harm on an animal. Comprehensive research to eliminate all possible doubts should be conducted on medicines in order to ascertain its potency before use by people after rigorous checks by regulatory authorities. For example, if there are over three thousand laboratories in the world and they are all using one animal for trials, it will only take a matter of years before there are no more animals to use and this will affect the world's food chain.
In conclusion, while there is a need to be sure of a medicine before making public, other means should be explored rather than endangering the lives of innocent animals. In my opinion, the world needs animals to main the global food chain and balance in our ecosystem, therefore, use of animals for testing medicines should be abolished.
Before
medicines
are rolled
out to the public, there
has to
be several
checks
and balances to ensure its safety. While a
good
number of
people
are in agreement with using
animals
for the checking the potency of a
medicine
before
its
use
on
humans
, another group believes
its
a
rather
wrong
approach. This essay will reveal the reasons behind these views and
also
opine that it is not a plausible practice to subject innocent
animals
to such
risks
.
On one hand, scientists are able to propose certain possible solutions to humankind's medical illnesses and diseases,
however
, the need to be sure such solutions have almost no side effects on the
end
users is paramount.
Some
animals
have
been identified
to have similar anatomical systems like a
human
being.
For example
, the white mouse is a common guinea pig in most laboratories for testing the effect of certain chemicals in order to infer how
humans
would react to such chemicals.
In addition
, there are possible
dangers
associated with trials which could be fatal in
humans
and it is better to lose an
animal
than a person. These specialists believe that this
reduces
the chances of
negative
results involved in the testing phase of these drugs.
On the
other
hand,
some
animals
are the verge of extinction due to several reasons, such as; hunting, effects of natural disasters and medical laboratory chemical
tests
. There are
other
ways to
check
the effectiveness of a medication
other
than inflicting undue harm on an
animal
. Comprehensive research to eliminate all possible doubts should
be conducted
on medicines in order to ascertain its potency
before
use
by
people
after rigorous
checks
by regulatory authorities.
For example
, if there are over three thousand laboratories in the
world and
they are all using one
animal
for trials, it will
only
take a matter of years
before
there are no more
animals
to
use
and this will affect the world's food chain.
In conclusion
, while there is a need to be sure of a
medicine
before
making public,
other
means should
be explored
rather
than endangering the
lives
of innocent
animals
. In my opinion, the world needs
animals
to main the global food chain and balance in our ecosystem,
therefore
,
use
of
animals
for testing medicines should
be abolished
.