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making your own medicines (fourthievesvinegar.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by feelinggrey13141 to c/bootstrappable

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these people have created a diy lab reactor you can synthesise medicines with, but I can’t find how to make it anywhere. can anyone find out, or share from their own knowledge?

EDIT: this is a lab reactor for organic chemistry, not a bioreactor with bacteria

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[–] silence7 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd be really really hesitant to DIY something like this. Chemistry tends to involve a lot of things you can accidentally poison yourself with. Without a team holding organic chemistry and pharmacology degrees, as well as the time and money to verify that each step did exactly what was expected, you're reasonably likely to hit a poisonous pitfall you didn't know about.

[–] hazeebabee 4 points 2 years ago

That's true, I'd be hesitant to be one of the beta testers too -- though I think the goal of a machine like this would be to allow people at home to synthesize already known medicines using well tested methods. So there would be a dedicated team of professionals creating the instructions that the machine follows. More like printing a book than trying to write your own.

[–] meyotch 3 points 2 years ago

Right, just go to a testosterone replacement therapy forum and look at the general confusion about very basics like figuring out weight-dependent dosages. I know it’s cool to poo poo experts, but if you can’t calculate a dilution series, you are likely to kill yourself.