by Pat Fehling | Jun 24, 2012 | Medications, Uncategorized
When a new medication is developed for human consumption (or sometimes not for human consumption), it is determined to have a certain dose that, when given, will cause half of those ingesting it to die. This dose marker is called the LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of...
by Pat Fehling | Jun 24, 2012 | History, Medications, Uncategorized
In 1937, scientists in Germany developed the synthetic medication, methadone, to help fight against the opium shortage brought on by the Allied nations against Germany in World War II. After the war, any patents for this compound were confiscated by the United States...
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