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  • Intravenous drip bag
  • Action of SSRIs and NRIs
  • Microparticle drug delivery
  • Blister pack of chloroquine antimalarial tablets. Chloroquine is used to prevent and treat the infectious disease malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites (Plasmodium species) which enter the blood when inefcted mosquitoes feed. Side effects of chloroquine include vomitting, nausea and headache. Retinopathy (damage to the retina) is a rare eye condition associated with long term use over many years. Drug resistance against antimalarials is increasing.
  • Salbutamol crystals
  • Action of SSRIs and NRIs
  • Nanoparticles for drug delivery
  • Ampoules of Diazepam for injection. Diazepam is a sedative and anti-anxiety agent. It is the generic name for Valium .
  • Nanoparticles for drug delivery
  • Aspirin crystals
  • Salbutamol crystals
  • Advertisement for insulin, Burroughs Wellcome, 1930
  • Advertisement, ergot, Burroughs Wellcome, 1929
  • Microparticle drug delivery
  • Aspirin crystals. Aspirin was originally extracted from willow bark but is actually produced in all plants as a defence mechanism in response to damage or attack. Much higher levels are therefore found in less than perfect fruit and vegetables. Aspirin is used to treat pain, reduce fever and to prevent heart disease and cancer. Some people think it should be reclassified as a vitamin.
  • Spheres of medicine to be delivered in capsule form
  • Neurotransmitters
  • Crystals of sulphanilamide
  • Vomiting and sickness, artwork
  • Paracetamol crystals
  • Antidepressant drug blocking dopamine transporter protein
  • Advert, scarlet fever treatment, Burroughs Wellcome, 1929
  • Spheres of medicine to be delivered in capsule form
  • Microparticle drug delivery
  • Intravenous drip bag
  • Advertisement, insulin made by Burroughs Wellcome, 1929
  • Pills, artwork
  • Advert, treatment for pernicious anaemia, 1930
  • Vials of drug solution
  • Action of SSRIs and NRIs