BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Invagination, Approved Drug, Cyclooxygenase
3 Mar 2016
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Directions inside w amount needed to be effective. Body size makes an effect of the dose (e. g. shaq and his mini gf) 100% drugs have side effects, if not then theres no active ingredient. Many ppl take wrong drug & unnecessarily e. g. laxatives unnecessary: counter indications. When you should not use listed on package. With certain food, could have nasty rxn w certain drugs. Pain relievers are most common otc drug (sold most) More money made off of cold medication, pain medication sold most. Genus (family) related to these in nature o. Knowledge of herbs lost in dark ages because only allowed to believe what the church told you including willow pain-reducing properties lost. Discovered healing properties of willow when had a fever one day, deciding to taste willow bark. It had similar taste to quinine (which already known to have antimalarial properties) Uses doctrine of signatures to associate disease and cure (applied this logic)
