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glibenclamideI read this article a few days ago in the Straits Times and I decided to post some of my reflections about this article.
To give you a bit of background, I will tell you what the article talked about. It asked us to be beware of a kind of sex drugs that can be bought in the back lanes of red-light areas in Singapore. These sex drugs are already linked to ten men who died. According the the Health Sciences Authority, if these SEX DRUGS dont kill, they could still maim or leave a man with an erection so long that gangrene kicks in. It is very scary.
After reading this article, I felt that science is really an interesting and deadly thing. In those sex drugs, there are high levels of active ingredient in Viagra, glibenclamide ( a drug used to lower blood sugar levels in diabetics). Just because of these "ingredients" that made up the drugs, it lead to the deaths and injuries of people. Also because of these "ingredients", many people also fell into comas. This is why I feel science is deadly. Then, why do I feel that science is interesting? That is because there are many chemicals and drugs that can be quite interesting in terms of their uses. Some drugs may lead to problems with muscles and so on. Science is also part of our everyday life as I can see in this article.
These are some informations about the two ingredients that I researched on. The drug glibenclamide is an anti diabetic drug which was developed in 1966. This drug is used in the treatment of type ll diabetes. According to the straits times article, this drug is not even known to boast or help sex performance. The next ingredient is an active ingredient in viagra called sildenafil. The website I found said that it prevents the action of a chemical in the body called phosphodiesterase type 5.
Down here are some websites I used to find the information:
Written by: Ethan Teo
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