Drug breakdown: nitrofurantoin

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HALOPERIDOL

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CYCLIZINE

Day 1: #cyclizine is an antihistamine with its clinical niche as an antiemetic. It bears chemical similarity to the ‘piperine’ structure found in the black pepper plant. Developed in 1947, its...

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE

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HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

Day 1: Reports of quinine for ‘febrile illness’ date back to 17th century Peru; one legend is that water contaminated by cinchona tree bark was drunk and fever abated. This led to local villagers...

DOXYCYCLINE

Drug Breakdown: Furosemide

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Ipratropium

Drug breakdown: Spironolactone

Drug Breakdown: Atorvastatin

METFORMIN

RAMIPRIL

The concept for the first angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) was derived from snake venom in the 1950s. An orally active version was eventually found, and captopril was licensed in 1981...