But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result??

There is every reason to recognize that in the very last years of his life, as we shall see, Thompson did take the drug in carefully rationed doses to ease the pains of his illness, but the exact date at which this began has never been determined.

This indicates that this drug is being marketed under one trade name only or state regulatory organizations have approved its use on the feed tag.

The drug is also incorporated in supplements.

For treatment of bloat, drug is fed at a higher level.

It is believed that drug therapy and electroshock involve the former and psychotherapy the latter mechanism.

And this is only natural -- witness the haste with which modern man gobbles the latest `` wonder drug ''.

To predict clinical outcome, the antimicrobial activity of an antibacterial is usually combined with its pharmacokinetic profile, and several pharmacological parameters are used as markers of drug efficacy.

Under certain conditions, it may result in preferential growth of resistant bacteria, while growth of susceptible bacteria is inhibited by the drug.

One strategy to address bacterial drug resistance is the discovery and application of compounds that modify resistance to common antibacterials.

Antibiotic resistance is a type of drug resistance where a microorganism is able to survive exposure to an antibiotic.

* In the film Equilibrium, an arcology named Libria is the last human civilization, a society in which peace is kept by the forced administration of an injected liquid drug designed to completely suppress emotions.

This fact makes therapeutic target development extremely difficult – a drug that harms an apicomplexan parasite is also likely to harm its human host.

Internationally, DMT is a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

However, brews made using DMT containing plants are illegal since DMT is a Schedule I drug.

Religious use in Brazil was legalized after two official inquiries into the tea in the mid-1980s, which concluded that ayahuasca is not a recreational drug and has valid spiritual uses.

It is believed that the gift was an opium-containing drug.

In 1804, the German chemist Friedrich Sertürner isolated from opium a " soporific principle " (), which he called " morphium " in honor of Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams ; in German and some other Central-European languages, this is still the name of the drug.

Analytical chemistry plays an increasingly important role in the pharmaceutical industry where, aside from QA, it is used in discovery of new drug candidates and in clinical applications where understanding the interactions between the drug and the patient are critical.

Another extrinsic pathway for initiation identified in several toxin studies is an increase in calcium concentration within a cell caused by drug activity, which also can cause apoptosis via a calcium binding protease calpain.

The Gulf News published on 30 November 2011, saying " This is the biggest drug bust of its kind in 2011 and the second big one in the last three years worldwide ," said Dr. Wadia Maalouf, International expert at the United Nation's Drug and Crime office.

An anti-diarrhoeal drug ( or anti-diarrheal drug ( American English )) is any medication which provides symptomatic relief for diarrhoea.

A general anaesthetic ( or anesthetic, see spelling differences ) is a drug that brings about a reversible loss of consciousness.

Further improvement occurred with the development of compounds ( moclobemide and toloxatone ) that not only are selective but cause reversible MAO-A inhibition and a reduction in dietary and drug interactions.

Although usually reversible, for some people these effects are long-term and may persist after drug treatment is discontinued.

A local anesthetic is a drug that causes reversible local anesthesia and a loss of nociception.

A local anesthetic ( LA ) is a drug that causes reversible local anesthesia, generally for the aim of having a local analgesic effect, that is, inducing absence of pain sensation, although other local senses are often affected as well.

Although usually reversible, in some people these sexual side effects become permanent after the drug has been completely withdrawn.

Depo-Provera is a branded progestogen-only contraceptive, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate ( DMPA ) long acting reversible hormonal contraceptive birth control drug that is injected every 3 months.

Although usually reversible, there are a few reports of sexual side effects lasting years after the drug has been withdrawn.

At high doses, aspirin and other salicylates may also cause high-pitch tinnitus and hearing loss in both ears, typically reversible upon discontinuation of the drug.

A general anaesthetic ( or anesthetic ) is a drug that brings about a reversible loss of consciousness.

An anesthetic ( USA English ) ( or anaesthetic, ( Commonwealth English ) see spelling differences ) is a drug that causes anesthesia — reversible loss of sensation.

Characteristics of drug tolerance: it is reversible, the rate depends on the particular drug, dosage and frequency of use, differential development occurs for different effects of the same drug.

A significant disadvantage is that the drug is not immediately reversible, since it is slowly released.

Distribution is defined as the reversible transfer of a drug between one compartment to another.

Most side effects related to systemic use of Ornidyl through injection are transient and reversible by discontinuing the drug or decreasing the dose.

Adverse effects may cause a reversible or irreversible change, including an increase or decrease in the susceptibility of the individual to other chemicals, foods, or procedures, such as drug interactions.

corroborates these findings by showing that reversible inactivation of the insula disrupts amphetamine conditioned place preference, an animal model of cue-induced drug craving.

Moclobemide ( sold as Aurorix and Manerix ) is a reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor ( MAOI ) drug primarily used to treat depression and social anxiety.

A picture of 150 mg tablets of the reversible MAOI drug moclobemide, brand name Aurorix.

The discovery of moclobemide in 1972 in Switzerland, as an antidepressant came about after it was initially investigated as a possible lipid lowering drug or antibiotic ; when tests failed to demonstrate any antibiotic or antilipaemic properties ; it was then tested for anti-cholinergic properties to see if it was a possible antidepressant but these tests also proved negative, leading researchers to think it may, in fact, be an antipsychotic ; finally its reversible MAO-A properties as well as its lack of tyramine pressor effect.