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Monday, April 20, 2026

what would be the effect of adding fluorine to doxycycline?

Some antibiotics have fluorine. Doxycycline is non-beta lactam and does not have fluorine.



There are only a few antibiotics with fluorine. Below are two:





risperidone and paliperidone comparison

They are both used to treat schizophrenia. The only difference is the alcohol group on paliperidone. I wonder what effect a methyl group in the same place would have. 







what would be the effects of fludrotestosterone or fludroestrogen?

Fludrocortisone and dexamethasone are corticosteroids already in use. 




Below are some un-fluorinated corticosteroids:









Thursday, April 16, 2026

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

aciclovir, ganciclovir, valganciclovir, and valaciclovir comparison

All are antivirals. What would be the effect of replacing an alcohol group with a fluorine or a chlorine atom? 




chlorambucil - a melphalan cousin

It is a chemotherapy drug and has structural similarities with several others.