BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mythbusters, Analgesic, Nyquil

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

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Cold medications strong immune response: but, after infection, we build up (cid:498)memory(cid:499) cells, so later exposure of the same virus won"t make you sick because you"ll have a rapid and. )mportant to read the back, not the front (cid:523)some cold meds like buckley"s: menthol may briefly relieve sore throat pain but that"s about it, north americans spend . 1 billion on cold meds each year. Pain reliever for colds: acetaminophen for pain and fever relief (cid:523)e. g. buckley"s cough, cold, & flu. Sudafed very effective decongestant: has a similar chemical structure to methamphetamine, so people started using it to make methamphetamine, in the 1980s, drug dealers would buy loads of it to make meth; up to. Gravol and benadryl: gravol contains dimenhydrinate (combo of an antihistamine and a stimulant); added the stimulant to counteract the drowsiness effectof the antihistamine, benadryl just contains the antihistamine, not the stimulant, both reduce nausea though.