BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eletriptan, Neuron, Phenethylamine

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

Document Summary

Cephalagia: aka headache, a positive of headache pain. History of headaches the headache: heat oven. Headache pain pain: the brain doesn"t actually feel the pain; it is completely incapable of feeling. Preservatives including hotdogs contain nitrates, which can cause vasodilation and lead to headaches: nitroglycerin: a heart medicine that treats conditions in which the heart is starved of blood, msg monosodium glutamate; discovered by kikunae ikeda in 1907. In 1968, someone thought msg was causing headaches; said. Inquisition in europe started about 1000 years and lasted several years: many people were killed because they were accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake, but really they were just poisoned. It was a no-win situation for witches reported and were very similar to ergot poisoning now; only. )t"s patentable: ability to protect what you invent severity: ergotamine prevents migraines, but it is poisonous in high doses (hallucination, muscular contractions, vasoconstriction,