Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat are historically medicines found an opposite use for? Like Viagra being a heart pill but now a boner pill. Or Ozempic being a diabetic drug but now pretty much used for weight loss?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhat are historically medicines found an opposite use for? Like Viagra being a heart pill but now a boner pill. Or Ozempic being a diabetic drug but now pretty much used for weight loss?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaremysticpickle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoLatisse was originally developed to treat glaucoma but the doctors noticed the patient’s eyelashes were becoming bolder and darker so they repackaged it as a cosmetic prescription drug to lessen people’s dependence on mascara 😁
Latisse was originally developed to treat glaucoma but the doctors noticed the patient’s eyelashes were becoming bolder and darker so they repackaged it as a cosmetic prescription drug to lessen people’s dependence on mascara 😁