BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aspirin Poisoning, Antacid, Laxative
16 Jun 2016
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Safety: dose makes the poison (dosage to work vs. dangerous dosage, look at the back of the box for best information, see side effects . Indications: what to use for, many people take the wrong drug, many people take drugs unnecessarily. Prescription medications with otc drugs: foods, natural remedies. All drugs have side effects: worry about a product that has no side effects listed. Effect what is it: info is easy to find, label or box, google. Incidence how common is it: info is difficult to fond. . 7 billion per year (north america 2008) Aspirin one of the world"s most popular drugs: alcohol, caffeine, aspirin. Aspirin has a similar structure to the salicylates found in these plants. Aspirin is synthetic; does not come from any plants. Genus (family: willow, poplar, beech, wintergreen. When he had a fever, he took a walk and ate some willow. Then discovered that is was bitter (similar to quinine).
