Diphenhydramine is a first-generation ethanolamine antihistamine developed by George Rieveschl and was approved for usage in 1946. In the U.S. and Canada – diphenhydramine is the primary active ingredient in the over-the-counter medication “Benadryl.” As of 20…
Read article ↗Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the pathogen “Mycobacterium tuberculosis” – a bacterium with a waxy coating on its cellular surface due to the presence of mycolic acid. Although tuberculosis is often successfully treated with antibiotics and so…
Read article ↗I first read about “turkesterone” on Reddit and initially thought it was a fictitious substance that: someone made up to be funny and/or was part of an inside joke. Like bro have you tried turkesterone? Gains are legit better than steroids. However, I later ob…
Read article ↗Anxiety medications (i.e. anxiolytics) are drugs that prove safe, tolerable, and effective in clinical trials for the treatment of “anxiety” or chronic stress. Many people derive either: (A) significant or (B) partial – therapeutic benefit from currently-avail…
Read article ↗Antidepressants: (1) They help some, (2) they don’t do much for others (maybe cause emotional blunting/numbness), and (3) they worsen preexisting depression and/or cause new-onset symptoms such as anxiety for another subset of users. The treatment of depressio…
Read article ↗On June 4, 2021, the FDA approved a new weight loss drug called Wegovy (Semaglutide). That said, technically the drug is not new – it was initially approved in 2017 under the brand name Ozempic as an adjunct treatment for type 2 diabetes. Wegovy (Semaglutide)…
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