How are drugs developed to target specific areas (pain/allergies/disease). How do you translate scientific body knowledge into a drug that targets that area. And how do scientists determine cross reactions to other drugs or conditions. Do they have to test every combo?

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How are drugs developed to target specific areas (pain/allergies/disease). How do you translate scientific body knowledge into a drug that targets that area. And how do scientists determine cross reactions to other drugs or conditions. Do they have to test every combo?

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certain cells have certain ‘receptors’ those receptors either cause a reaction or communicate something to the cell(make more cells, release fluid, absorb sugars)

while biological chemistry only recently got to a point where they could actually design drugs, most of the time is an observed effect of some odd chemical that is then refined into a usable drug.

typically it’s on accident, then used for what it can be used for.

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yes basically they have to test combinations as drug interactions can be extremely dangerous.