Posted by Racer on June 26, 2005, at 23:35:40
In reply to does anyone know if this is Sulfa??, posted by Spriggy on June 19, 2005, at 22:53:07
By "sulfa", I'm assuming you mean the sulfa drugs, antimicrobials? Those are sulfonamides. They're a class of older antimicrobials, still used because they're more effective than many newer drugs for certain kinds of bacterial infections, especially kidney and urinary tract infections.
Sulfates are different. They're some kind of chemistry thing -- sorry I can't tell you more than that.
And isn't it funny? I know [x] amount about the drugs, and [x-3y] about chemistry? I just realized how lame that last part sounds, but I never took chemistry, and the chemistry book a friend of mine sent me never made it here...
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