Mefloquine was one of around 250,000 chemical compounds tested for malaria-killing activity in the 1960s by the United States military who needed to protect troops from malaria in the tropics.
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The flowering tops and aerial parts of the St John’s Wort plant are used medicinally in the form of tinctures and tablets to treat a number of conditions affecting the nervous and immune systems.
Ibuprofen can be obtained easily from supermarkets without consulting a health care professional. While this may make it seem it’s benign, it can have ill effects if used inappropriately.
Ecstasy is the street name for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, an illicit party drug that speeds up messages to and from the brain and alters the user’s perception of reality.
The US National Cancer Institute screened 35,000 plants, but one particular sample collected from the bark of the Pacific Yew tree provided what is now one of the most highly prescribed cancer drugs.
Warfarin is a blood thinner that has been used for more than 60 years to help prevent clots and strokes. But it also increases the risk of bleeding.
Lipitor was approved by the government in 1997, and while under patent protection it was the highest-selling drug of all time with worldwide sales of more than US$12 billion a year.
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in the School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Head, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences; Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Professor and Head, Cardiovascular Research Unit, Monash University
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Professor and Executive Dean of School, Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, Brain Mind Centre Nepean, University of Sydney
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Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
