Big Pharma’s Fluorine Fetish

By Atom Bergstrom

Atom’s Blog

According to Dr. Google …

“Top-selling fluorinated pharmaceuticals include the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac), the cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin (Lipitor), and the antibacterial ciprofloxacin (Ciprobay).”

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The word “fluorinated” was chosen so Sheep-Bots who searched for “fluoridated” couldn’t find any info about the widespread use of FLUORINE by Big Pharma.

Tricky bachelor’s sons, ain’t they?

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According to Dr. Google …

“Of the 38 small molecule drugs that were approved by the FDA in 2018, 18 contain fluorine.”

… & …

“The increasingly routine incorporation of fluorine atom(s) into drug candidates suggests a bright future for fluorine in drug discovery and development.”

… & …

“Inspired by the success of fluorinated corticosteroids in the 1950s and fluoroquinolones in the 1980s, fluorine-containing pharmaceuticals, which are also known as fluoro-pharmaceuticals, have been attracting attention for more than half of a century. Presently, about 20% of the commercial pharmaceuticals are fluoro-pharmaceuticals.”

… & …

“Fluorinated oral anti-COVID-19 drugs — including Paxlovid, the first oral tablet for the treatment of COVID-19 — is an important subgroup. Fluorine has been widely used in [the] pharmaceuticals market and can lead to improved selectivity indices, increased lipophilicity, greater metabolic stability, and in this case the improved anti-COVID-19 efficacy.”

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According to St. George Carlin .,.

“They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests. It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

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