BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Salicylic Acid, Laxative, Nicotine

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

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2) indications: what to use it for, many people take the wrong drug or take drugs unnecessarily. 3) counter-indications: when you should not use it, conditions; drug combos; with certain foods, (cid:498)natural(cid:499) remedies: not always true, some have chemicals that can interfere with prescription drugs so have to be careful. ; so if they didn"t approve, the info was basically lost: reverend edward stone 1702-1768, rector in church of england; described a treatment for ague (fever) in. Henri leroux: but, it takes a lot of bark to get a little bit of salicin (in 1500g of bark, you only get 30g of salicin) Salicylic acid: from (cid:883)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:882)g of coal tar, you"d get (cid:885)(cid:882)(cid:882)g of salicylic acid (vs. the natural way of getting it; 1500g of willow bark only yielding. Eventually became known as aspirin: aspirin was initially sold as a powder, and then aspirin tablets became more popular.