68% of people oppose animal testing, but do you know how animal testing really works or its benefits? There is much controversy on animal testing all though some think it is inhumane, Animal testing is one of the best things for mankind. Animals can show us medical findings and medications, to save human lives and to advance human knowledge. Animals can help us in many ways,we need this in order to build better medications and medical assistance. There are huge benefits towards using animals for medical research. there have been 100’s of medications that had to be tested on animals before being tested on human subjects. Theses medications are everyday things that affect people, Cymbalta a medication for nerve pain and depression were created with the help of mice,dogs and rats. Mental health medications are the 14th most prescribed as 1 in every 6 americans is on a form of medication for mental health. These types of medication can be made without animal help. 12.7 million have cancer, the first form of chemotherapy was made from modified mustard gas used on masses inside mice, these forms of treatment later developed into the chemo we use today. …show more content…
Nothing can fully replace a living breathing body, although there is plastic and silicone models they can not show us everything that real living animals can. Silicon can not help us learn about illness like epilepsy or blindness. Man made plastic lungs and hearts will never be able to fully recreate the living thing. Animals are a ethical solution to prevent human fatality. the american medical association or the AMA stated in a public meeting ,“when testing potentially toxic substances human life should not be necessarily ended or endangered”. Animals also make better test subjects, there lifespan is significantly shorter than humans and we can study the medications over a