Pharmacology

Top 200 Drugs

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https://clincalc.com/DrugStats

FlashRX – Top 250 Drugs
Drug flashcards and quizzes
©2019 – ClinCalc LLC
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flashrx-by-clincalc/id673612719

ATC index
https://www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index

Metoclopramide: Mechanism of action
Dr Matt & Dr Mike’s Medical YouTube
May 1, 2019

http://pharmwarthegame.blogspot.com/2018/03/metoclopramide.html

https://www.nrsng.com/podcasts

That Drug Expiration Date May Be More Myth Than Fact

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That Drug Expiration Date May Be More Myth Than Fact
July 18, 2017
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/18/537257884/that-drug-expiration-date-may-be-more-myth-than-fact

The box of prescription drugs had been forgotten in a back closet of a retail pharmacy for so long that some of the pills predated the 1969 moon landing. Most were 30 to 40 years past their expiration dates …

A dozen of the 14 compounds were still as potent as they were when they were manufactured, some at almost 100 percent of their labeled concentrations.

The Wrong Pill Can Play With Your Mind

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The Wrong Pill Can Play With Your Mind
By JAIME LOWESEPT. 30, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/opinion/sunday/bipolar-medication-depakote-lithium-.html

WHEN I was 16, I was admitted to U.C.L.A.’s neuropsychiatric institute. I’d been suffering from increasing paranoia (I thought war was imminent; I thought I would be called into battle) and lack of sleep (I paced our staircase into the early hours of morning). Most profoundly, I thought my parents were actually secret agents, …

lithium
Tegretol

Depakote D.R. (for delayed release)
Depakote E.R. (for extended release).

One study led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found that 58 percent of people who were prescribed a psychotropic medication within the study group of roughly five million had no psychiatric diagnosis.

medication education

Allyl isothiocyanate

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyl_isothiocyanate
Allyl isothiocyanate is the organosulfur compound with the formula CH2CHCH2NCS. It is responsible for the pungent taste of mustard, radish, horseradish, and wasabi. This pungency and the lachrymatory effect of AITC is mediated through the TRPA1 and TRPV1 ion channels.

It is slightly soluble in water, but more soluble in most organic solvents.

Oncology
Based on in vitro experiments and animal models, allyl isothiocyanate exhibits many desirable attributes of a cancer chemopreventive agent.

carriers

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proteinaceous carriers
http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v7/n3/fig_tab/nrd2438_F1.html

The carrier protein from protein–polysaccharide conjugate vaccines is processed by the polysaccharide-specific B cell …
http://www.nature.com/nri/journal/v9/n3/fig_tab/nri2494_F1.html

 

carriersSmith and Williams’ Introduction to the Principles of Drug Design and Action, Fourth Edition
H. John Smith, Hywel Williams
CRC Press, Oct 10, 2005
p. 52

Biobrane, a membrane carrier made of a silicone membrane with an integrated woven nylon mesh.
http://www.nature.com/mt/journal/v10/n1/fig_tab/mt20041201f4.html