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To: chris37
"... some sort of drug naming convention ..."

Yep.

I'll let you track down the scheme. One I'm familiar with is "imatinib". I believe that the "ib" suffix indicates a drug which "inhibits". In the case of imatinib it inhibits, I believe, cell division triggered by "stem cell factor".

Similar drugs are sunitinib and dasatinib. For over four years I wondered how I could tolerate imatinib without a substantial negative effect on my normal cells. I was taken off the drug when routine testing revealed that, in fact, I was suffering side-effects that took some time to be detected. Hopefully by then the drug had done its job.

25 posted on 03/30/2020 11:45:31 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: William Tell

I will bet you the Chinese are pushing this on them!!!


27 posted on 03/30/2020 11:46:55 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: William Tell

Other drugs are sunofabit and dagnabit. Trials for effectiveness are pending.
4 out of 5 doctors agree the 90% of their diagnosis is pure unadulterated bs.


44 posted on 03/31/2020 1:07:23 AM PDT by 9422WMR (SCAMDEMIC 2020 Everybody be Kung Flu fighting!)
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To: William Tell

My doc did a pharmacogenomics test on me to see how different drugs work on me. Some I already knew from taking them in the past. Ie: aspirin works well. I might as well drink water as take Tylenol. But there were some shockers in there. Plavix will not work on me and is usually the first drug given to avoid strokes. I could take it for years with it doing nothing. Psycho drugs won’t work well on me. If I go nuts I’ll just have to stay that way. lol A lot of it has to do with the way your body metabolizes the drugs. I think everyone should have the test. Would really help your doc in prescribing drugs or even classes of drugs.


101 posted on 03/31/2020 6:07:20 AM PDT by sheana
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To: William Tell

Ok


130 posted on 03/31/2020 9:32:21 AM PDT by 9422WMR (SCAMDEMIC 2020 Everybody be Kung Flu fighting!)
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