All people have their own problems, some more drastic then others. A person may have poor eyesight, another may have muscle problems. Now, what if you have a bacteria infection; and wish to get rid of it? Then Tetracycline is the drug for you to be interested in. Tetracycline is a drug focused on greatly reducing the bacteria in an area of the body. If you have any kind of infection, this is the drug for you. However, you may be asking "what exactly does it do to help me? What are the side effects? Etc". Well, to begin, let's take a trip back to the old times, where Tetracycline was first invented. The 1940's, a time that seems so far away, yet so close to our modern time. Disease was spreading fast among the people, with horrible deaths popping
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In the 1940's, one of the most important yet horrible wars was occurring. World War 2, where over 400,000 U.S Soldiers were killed, and many more left injured. It was very easy to get cuts and scrapes in the battlefield, so it was just as easy to have harmful bacteria enter your body. How were american soldiers meant to treat their wounds? Well, Tetracycline was easy to make, and thus was easy to ship to troops around the globe. Speaking of which, how is Tetracycline made? Well, with a mixture of antibiotics, hydro-chloride, and ethyl alcohol, even you could make a batch of this drug. With such simple materials, Tetracycline soon became widely distributed to all sorts of places. Poor, rich, anyone could cure their infections, which at the time was a luxury. Tetracycline was originally made by taking Penicillin and other similar drugs, and making modifications to better fit the common market. To be able to make an effective recipe of drug such as this, one must be skilled in the field of chemical engineering. You need to know how the different chemicals react that you are using in your mixture. If not, horrible after effects may happen, which could harm or kill the person taking the
In the 1940's, one of the most important yet horrible wars was occurring. World War 2, where over 400,000 U.S Soldiers were killed, and many more left injured. It was very easy to get cuts and scrapes in the battlefield, so it was just as easy to have harmful bacteria enter your body. How were american soldiers meant to treat their wounds? Well, Tetracycline was easy to make, and thus was easy to ship to troops around the globe. Speaking of which, how is Tetracycline made? Well, with a mixture of antibiotics, hydro-chloride, and ethyl alcohol, even you could make a batch of this drug. With such simple materials, Tetracycline soon became widely distributed to all sorts of places. Poor, rich, anyone could cure their infections, which at the time was a luxury. Tetracycline was originally made by taking Penicillin and other similar drugs, and making modifications to better fit the common market. To be able to make an effective recipe of drug such as this, one must be skilled in the field of chemical engineering. You need to know how the different chemicals react that you are using in your mixture. If not, horrible after effects may happen, which could harm or kill the person taking the