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World's most popular painkiller may increase risk of autism and ADHD
Experts fear the cheap painkiller could raise the risk of their child having autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Interesting that as time goes on we learn more and more about how big pharma has fucking us over. We’re all a bunch of guinea pigs.![]()
World's most popular painkiller may increase risk of autism and ADHD
Experts fear the cheap painkiller could raise the risk of their child having autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.www.dailymail.co.uk
SEARCHED: "when did petroleum derivitaves replace plant based drugs"Interesting that as time goes on we learn more and more about how big pharma has fucking us over. We’re all a bunch of guinea pigs.
Not saying I trust big pharma, but I read articles like these with some skepticism. Acetaminophen has been in widespread use for a very long time and I don’t feel like I see more and more short buses driving around.
If anything, I feel like any increase in diagnoses is societal because people don’t want to raise their kids.
Part of that is because autism is a spectrum from fully functional to drooling window lickers. You would be surprised the folks deemed autistic. Elon Musk is supposed to be on the spectrum, as are many computer dorks(BoB?). IMO weve become spoiled to a degree taking a pill for everything instead of figuring out what the real issue is. That acetaminophen has side effects isn’t really a surprise every medication has side effects some really bad some not.Not saying I trust big pharma, but I read articles like these with some skepticism. Acetaminophen has been in widespread use for a very long time and I don’t feel like I see more and more short buses driving around.
If anything, I feel like any increase in diagnoses is societal because people don’t want to raise their kids.
Thanks BoB!SEARCHED: "when did petroleum derivitaves replace plant based drugs"
I think the practice of modern medicine has done wonders for all of us, but modern medicines are an issue. Besides over-prescribing everything, I think synthetic anything is bad, just like eating junky processed shit.
AI Overview
Petroleum-derived synthetics began to replace plant-based drugs starting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the transition accelerating throughout the 20th century
.
Key developments and timelines
The modern landscape
- Late 1800s: The shift began with the rise of the organic chemical industry. Byproducts of coal, and later oil, were used to create aromatic compounds for artificial dyes and, increasingly, pharmaceuticals. This period saw the first syntheses of drugs based on chemical precursors rather than direct extraction from plants.
- 1897: Aspirin synthesis: A pivotal moment was Bayer's synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin). Though salicylic acid was originally isolated from plants, Bayer's process soon moved to chemical synthesis using phenol derived from fossil resources. This marked a significant turning point, demonstrating the potential for mass-producing a well-known drug at a lower cost and higher consistency than extraction methods.
- Early 1900s: As industrialization advanced, modern pharmaceuticals were increasingly manufactured from fossil resources. The combination of cheap, readily available hydrocarbon feedstocks and rapid developments in synthetic organic chemistry drove a sharp increase in the number of new synthetic drugs.
- Post-WWII: The development of other synthetic painkillers, like acetaminophen (1956) and ibuprofen (1962), further reduced the market dominance of early plant-derived drugs.
- 1980s and 1990s: Research into natural products for new drug leads declined in favor of synthetic compound libraries and high-throughput screening (HTS).
While synthetics and petroleum-derived drugs have become dominant, plant-based medicine has not completely disappeared. Many modern pharmaceuticals are still semisynthetic, meaning they are chemically modified versions of natural products, or are inspired by natural compounds.
However, the pharmaceutical industry largely shifted away from plant-derived natural products as a primary source for drug candidates due to the intrinsic difficulties of natural product-based drug discovery
bob??SEARCHED: "when did petroleum derivitaves replace plant based drugs"
I think the practice of modern medicine has done wonders for all of us, but modern medicines are an issue. Besides over-prescribing everything, I think synthetic anything is bad, just like eating junky processed shit.
AI Overview
Petroleum-derived synthetics began to replace plant-based drugs starting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the transition accelerating throughout the 20th century
.
Key developments and timelines
The modern landscape
- Late 1800s: The shift began with the rise of the organic chemical industry. Byproducts of coal, and later oil, were used to create aromatic compounds for artificial dyes and, increasingly, pharmaceuticals. This period saw the first syntheses of drugs based on chemical precursors rather than direct extraction from plants.
- 1897: Aspirin synthesis: A pivotal moment was Bayer's synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin). Though salicylic acid was originally isolated from plants, Bayer's process soon moved to chemical synthesis using phenol derived from fossil resources. This marked a significant turning point, demonstrating the potential for mass-producing a well-known drug at a lower cost and higher consistency than extraction methods.
- Early 1900s: As industrialization advanced, modern pharmaceuticals were increasingly manufactured from fossil resources. The combination of cheap, readily available hydrocarbon feedstocks and rapid developments in synthetic organic chemistry drove a sharp increase in the number of new synthetic drugs.
- Post-WWII: The development of other synthetic painkillers, like acetaminophen (1956) and ibuprofen (1962), further reduced the market dominance of early plant-derived drugs.
- 1980s and 1990s: Research into natural products for new drug leads declined in favor of synthetic compound libraries and high-throughput screening (HTS).
While synthetics and petroleum-derived drugs have become dominant, plant-based medicine has not completely disappeared. Many modern pharmaceuticals are still semisynthetic, meaning they are chemically modified versions of natural products, or are inspired by natural compounds.
However, the pharmaceutical industry largely shifted away from plant-derived natural products as a primary source for drug candidates due to the intrinsic difficulties of natural product-based drug discovery