L. P. Skeen on wed 13 sep 00
I heard one of the science teachers telling his class today that science =
folks have been able to remove most nasties from waste water, but have =
yet to find a way to remove pharmaceuticals - the drugs we take every =
day, from Tylenol to Viagra and back again- from treated water. =
Assuming this is true, it means that if yer water is coming from a waste =
treatment plant, it has drug residue in it that "they" can't get out.
I believe next time I'm looking for a name for a glaze, I'll just call =
it "Penicillin Blue" or something like that. Ever notice how many =
of your drug names end in "hydrochloride"? What is that anyway?
L. P. Skeen www.living-tree.net
Living Tree Pottery & Handmade Soaps
Summerfield, NC
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Bruce Girrell on thu 14 sep 00
>Ever notice how many of your drug names end in "hydrochloride"?
>What is that anyway?
Lisa,
Many drugs are based on alkaloids and, as implied by the name, they are
alkaline in nature. In that form, they tend to be reactive and unstable. By
combining these substances with and acid (the hydrochloride), a stable salt
is produced.
At the risk of sounding like someone who knows a little more about this sort
of thing than he should (or is publicly acceptable), the reverse of this
operation, the extraction of the original alkaline (base) form of the
alkaloid from its salt form is called free-basing.
Bruce "honest officer, I don't know what these chemicals are for" Girrell
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