NSAIDs, Part 2: The Dawn of the Anti-Inflammatories
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In this episode, we dive into the story of aspirin and the development of ibuprofen, ending with the experiments that showed the mechanism of how aspirin actually works.
- Intro 0:12
- Review of part 1 0:28
- In this episode 1:04
- Blocking prostaglandins and willow leaves 2:26
- Edward Stone 3:45
- Johann Andreas Buchner 4:16
- The chemical structure of salicylic acid and creating the synthetic compound 4:44
- Dr. TJ MacLagan: The first trial in 1876 and treating acute rheumatism 5:16
- Felix Hoffmann: manipulating salicylic acid and aspirin 8:47
- How widespread was the use of aspirin for rheumatoid arthritis? 12:04
- 1938: problems with aspirin and endoscopies 14:58
- 1950s: long-term use of aspirin and chronic renal impairment 17:12
- Dr. Lawrence Craven: the use of aspirin to treat myocardial infarction 18:13
- Overview of what we’ve learned so far 20:48
- Stewart Adams: the development of ibuprofen 21:40
- A paper lost to time 23:29
- How do you test if a drug is anti-inflammatory? 25:25
- How do you make better aspirin? 26:55
- 1960: a trial comparing ibuprofen, baby aspirin and prednisone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis 30:03
- Aspirin, ibuprofen and other NSAIDs 32:49
- Nobel Prize winner Dr. John Vane 33:40
- Dr. Vane: what triggered prostaglandin production? 35:42
- Another guinea pig experiment 37:37
- Nobel Prize winner Dr. Bengt Samuelsson 39:00
- Interesting tidbits: early studies looking at the side effects of NSAIDs 40:01
- 1968: gastric ulcer formation and prostaglandins in rats 40:25
- 1973: renal blood flow and prostaglandins in dogs 41:53
- 1974: aspirin vs ibuprofen vs indomethacin for the heart 44:03
- Aspirin vs ibuprofen vs indomethacin 44:20
- On the next episode 46:09
- Thanks for listening 46:37
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Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures.
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