Keep up to date with the Monday Links
[ SPANISH ] Having a busy morning? It can be hard to keep up with everything that is going on in the food and animal science industries, and that’s why we present the Monday links. It’s your fast...
View ArticleTox Tuesday: Salicylates
[ SPANISH ] When taking aspirin for pain or fever, the most active component of the drug is acetylsalicylic acid. Aspirin is a member of the salicylates family and will eventually be metabolized to...
View ArticleTox Tuesday: Zolpidem
Get a good night sleep, finally. In an age of technology where you may stare at a computer/smartphone screen for hours on end during the day, it can be hard to shut down at the end of the day and get...
View ArticleTox Tuesday: Propranolol
Commonly used to treat high blood pressure and chest pains causing heart attack, propranolol was discovered in 1962 and was the first successful type of drug developed known as a beta blocker. Beta...
View ArticleThe role of histamine in the human body
Many are familiar with the word histamine, in the sense of antihistamine drugs that are taken by millions of allergy suffers around the world. In a very general sense these drugs work by blocking the...
View ArticleTox Tuesday: Codeine
Once thought of as a safe and effective cough suppressant and pain reliever for children, codeine is widely known and prescribed around the world. In fact, as many as 880,000 prescriptions for codeine...
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