Viagra, originally designed as a remedy for hypertension, or administration of nitroglycerin in patients with cardiovascular disease are famous examples of what could be called drugs "bounce" or "fluke", created for a particular purpose and compounds that end up being more useful in other pathologies, review Very Interesting.com
This is the case of the discovery which has just announced a group of American researchers in the journal Cancer Research: drugs commonly prescribed to treat tachycardia, insufficiencies and heart arrhythmias or infections may have anticancer effects.
Specifically, 14 compounds in common use have passed the screening test after more than 1,100 drugs approved by the US health authorities.
This is the case of the discovery which has just announced a group of American researchers in the journal Cancer Research: drugs commonly prescribed to treat tachycardia, insufficiencies and heart arrhythmias or infections may have anticancer effects.
Specifically, 14 compounds in common use have passed the screening test after more than 1,100 drugs approved by the US health authorities.