CHEM 183 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ulf Von Euler, Arachidonic Acid, Carl Duisberg
24 Mar 2015
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Ariel fenster: headaches, colds, coffee and caffeine, stomach chemistry, antibiotics, drug marketing tobacco, love chemistry. Medications most used and money spent on each: cough/cold: 7. 0 billion, pain relievers: 4. 0 billion, antacids: 2. 2 billion, oral antiseptics: 1. 4 billion, laxatives: 1. 4 billion. In total, north america spends roughly billion on pain relievers. There is a big difference between prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Otc drugs are chosen by the individual, many who know little about the: Indications: what it should be used for and counter-indications: what it should not be used for. We are not aware of how potentially dangerous these otc can be i. e. arielle newman applied a pain relieving cream to her muscles and died because she was allergic (but unaware) billion (in north america) with a circulation of 50 billion tablets/year. In the good old days people believed that pain was caused by demons that resided in the head:
