The modern day pharmaceutical industry has a very interesting and intricate history that involves a number of hallmark events in human history. Pharmacy has been useful for man throughout the ages, first used crudely by witch doctors and barbers in the form of herbs, to the first synthetically developed drugs like antibiotics. Pharmaceuticals have had a dramatic impact on how we view the world today, and one of the things that paved the way for this field, was the development of epinephrine and norepinephrine. At the end of the 1800s, many doctors and physicians, chemists and bioengineers were studying the profound effects that adrenal extracts had on the bodies many different tissues. They discovered that these adrenal compounds served as a chemical signaling mechanism for the body, which would serve as a foundation for developing new and more powerful drugs.
It was found that there were ways to manipulate the bodies systems, including raising the blood pressure and cardiovascular activity of a person using adrenal extracts. This was particularly useful to surgeons for treating patients with shock. After this discovery, many companies would develop products with adrenaline-based extracts acting as the primary ingredient. A man by the name of John Abel would then identify this adrenal agent as epinephrine, which he found in a sulfate salt. This discovery would later help a chemist by the name of Jokichi Takamine develop a more refined method to extract epinephrine in its purest state. This would go on to be used in the treatment of asthma attacks in the form of an inhalant, as well as a way to treat and combat nasal congestion and other breathing issues and conditions.
Epinephrine continued to show its medical uses throughout the years. A derivative of the substance was noreprinephrine. This also helped for amphetamine to be developed, which was first used medically as a nasal decongestant. It would later be found to be useful for problems with narcolepsy and some neurological disorders, including depression.
Anthony Harrelson is the CEO of White Oaks Industry Inc., a pharmaceutical company working on cures for Ebola and HIV.
It was found that there were ways to manipulate the bodies systems, including raising the blood pressure and cardiovascular activity of a person using adrenal extracts. This was particularly useful to surgeons for treating patients with shock. After this discovery, many companies would develop products with adrenaline-based extracts acting as the primary ingredient. A man by the name of John Abel would then identify this adrenal agent as epinephrine, which he found in a sulfate salt. This discovery would later help a chemist by the name of Jokichi Takamine develop a more refined method to extract epinephrine in its purest state. This would go on to be used in the treatment of asthma attacks in the form of an inhalant, as well as a way to treat and combat nasal congestion and other breathing issues and conditions.
Epinephrine continued to show its medical uses throughout the years. A derivative of the substance was noreprinephrine. This also helped for amphetamine to be developed, which was first used medically as a nasal decongestant. It would later be found to be useful for problems with narcolepsy and some neurological disorders, including depression.
Anthony Harrelson is the CEO of White Oaks Industry Inc., a pharmaceutical company working on cures for Ebola and HIV.
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