BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pseudoephedrine, Topical Anesthetic, Decongestant
16 May 2016
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Direct exposure to virus sometimes does not cause colds! Incidence of colds and contact w/ the outside show correlation! Ethanol: poison --> kills bacteria and some viruses! Wearing a mask can protect others from and infected person! As you age, you acquire immunity from being infected! After each infection you have a memory"! . 1 billion on colds each year (north america)! Must be in contact w/ mucus membrane! Snot is mostly water w/ a little mucin (protein)! Leaky (water in nose blood vessels leak out)! Up to 50% pseudoephedrine used to make meth! Dealers turned to smur ng" ---> using pseudoephedrine from cold meds to make meth! Chemically digested and destroyed before it enters the blood ! Stabilizer (second name) there to protect drug from the atmosphere! Most allergy antihistamines do not make you sleepy! Best cough medicine that money can buy: ! Dm is a mirror image of an opium (heroin) narcotic! Thick mucus is usually hard to remove!
