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2008-10-10 Biotech & Biomedical - blood brain barrier: Hi, Sabiya, Thanks for your question. Relatively easy - any drug that is designed to be given orally, i.m. s.c. or i.v. and acts on the brain MUST cross the blood-brain barrier. e.g. opiates (morphine...
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2008-10-07 Biotech & Biomedical - morphine: Hi, Th, Thanks for your question. First let us look at the difference between oral and i.v. morphine. Oral time-release morphine does just what it says - it is taken by mouth and slowly releases...
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2008-09-12 Biotech & Biomedical - inhalation, ingestion eye exposure.: Hi, Janice, I am sorry to hear of your husband's accident and injury - some of the permanent effects certainly appear to be consistent with exposure to the chemicals you mention but the blow on the...
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2008-09-10 Biotech & Biomedical - inhalation, ingestion eye exposure.: Hi, Janice, Some very nasty chemicals in this list! Sodium hydroxide is a very caustic substance - severe burns on skin contact, can cause severe eye irritation and burning - can severely damage...
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2008-09-02 Biotech & Biomedical - Acne Vaccine: Hi, Ingrid, Apologies for the lateness of the reply - I was away on holiday and forgot to set my "holiday" flag!! Anyway - I don't know of any acne vaccine - there are some pretty severe treatments...
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