BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vasodilation, Ibuprofen, Hemagglutinin
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Colds are the most common infection: outnumber all others by 25 to 1, more than 200 viruses cause colds, viruses are hard to treat with drugs, virus destroys tissue, immune system makes symptoms. No cure for the common cold: average cold lasts a week, some cold medications relieve symptoms, many remedies do nothing (doing something makes you feel better, no medication will prevents colds. Cold medications: canada spends billion on colds each year, read the back not the front, it can be very misleading, cold remedy ingredients. 200 mg willow bark (15% salicin) -30 mg salicin. 20 mg ginger (25% gingerols) 5 mg gingerols. Minimum effective data if salicin is more than 300 mg. In a pefect world, minimum dose is 1500 mg, based on 300 ug/ml and assuming. 100% if the gingerols reach the bloodsteam, this does gives 80% viral deduction in the lab.