Thank you for listening to the first episode of my new podcast, Emily Vs. Science! I was not expecting to make more podcasts after I made what I thought was a one-time episode as a project for my Gen Chem II class last semester. The podcast was about COVID-19 vaccines and how they had advanced between August 2020 and November 2020. I would say the podcast was pretty cool, but I am definitely biased. It is on Spotify, though, if you’d like to listen. Shameless self-promo. However, it appears that that podcast was not the last of me because I was offered an independent study making podcasts about science-related topics this semester! Absolute mega shout out to Oakton Community College, the Chemistry department, and my professor, Mr. Trent for giving me this awesome opportunity.

Throughout the show, I mentioned that I would leave resources in the show notes, so here they are as promised!

The FDA made a wonderful, easy-to-read infographic that describes all the steps of the drug approval process! Here is a link to the PDF.

This is what a black box warning is, from the National Center for Biotechnology Information with examples of medications and their specific black box warnings.

Here is more information on Steven Johnson Syndrome, as well as information from the Cleveland Clinic. I truly did think I was dying. It was very brief but it was a concern.

And finally, the longest document of all, the lamotrigine (Lamictal) drug trial information from the FDA.