BPS 1101 : Drugs MEGA condensed.docx

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

Document Summary

Top otc meds in na: cough and cold, pain relive, antacid, toothpaste, laxatives, most popular drugs in the world, alcohol, caffeine, aspirin, nicotine. I bet you willow bark will cure fevers (cid:224) what a hmar :p: henri leroux: established that willow had salicin, which reduced fevers. (1. 5 kg bark (cid:224) 30 g of salicin, rafaelle piria: chose salicylic acid over salicin because it was cheaper and could be made from coal tar, william perkin: discovered synthesis of mauveine (purple dye) from coal tar, bayer: sold salicylic acid. Naproxen yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes no no no no no yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes no no yes yes yes no yes yes no no attack scare. Induces pain: prodrome: mood swings, gi problems, food cravings, aura: scotomas, olfactory hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, vertigo, hypersensitivity, pain, postdrome : exhaustion, hung over, depression or euphoria, triptans: can abort migraines in the prodrome phase.