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Aren’t there many drugs that we know work without knowing exactly how?
Maybe my view is outdated, but isn’t it normal to lack a complete mechanistic understanding and instead rely on experiments to know a drug’s effects?
X account: Aren’t there many drugs that we know work without knowing exactly how? Maybe my view is outdated, but isn’t it normal to lack a complete mechanistic understanding and instead rely on experiments to know a drug’s effects?
X account @eddylazzarin raises a question about drug development: Is it common to rely on experiments to confirm a drug's efficacy when there is no complete understanding of its mechanism of action?
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Aren’t there many drugs that we know work without knowing exactly how?
Maybe my view is outdated, but isn’t it normal to lack a complete mechanistic understanding and instead rely on experiments to know a drug’s effects?
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The explanation that “X account: Many drugs can still have their efficacy validated through experiments when their mechanisms are not yet fully understood” lacks sufficient evidentiary basis; the existing materials support only the extraction of facts.
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- The explanation that “X account: Many drugs can still have their efficacy validated through experiments when their mechanisms are not yet fully understood” lacks sufficient evidentiary basis; the existing materials support only the extraction of facts.
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