Posted by Nickengland on August 7, 2005, at 16:26:04
In reply to Re: Stereochemistry: optical isomers » Nickengland, posted by ed_uk on August 7, 2005, at 15:17:01
Hi Ed!
>Yes, there's a LOT of 'me too' drugs on the market ie. one company discovers a sucessful drugs and other companies synthesise *very similar* drugs which they hope will be successful.
With the 'me to' drugs - do you think its the case that in certain respects they could be reaching the end of the road?....you know, they're simply running out of ideas because they only have so many chemical elements/combinations to choose from and they've already used so many?
LOL..Or, conversely they are just being greedy and lazy because indeed there is far much more to be discovered?
>Ibuprofen is a NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
Now let me sound like a pure idiot :-) Ibuprofen is *not* a steroid drug then? - Just wanted to double check, I've read steroid type drugs can be bad for bipolar. (when I was younger I used to take a steroid inhailer type spray for some allergy, fortunately I do not anymore)
Ed, to study to be a Pharmacist, how many years does it take to be fully qualified vs that of a doctor?...Drugs really do interest me, i'm alittle curious...I bet you must have got some pretty good GCSE's in science subjects - and then in A - Levels too? - My results were pathetic, seriously and I had to drop out of 6th form because of depression...oneday though, I hope to get some of that lost time back.
Kind regards
Nick
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