Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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I know you are concerned about long term safety with Alzheimer's treatments so this may be of particular interest to you.


"* Tetrahydrofuran should be handled as a CARCINOGEN--WITH EXTREME CAUTION."

"* Tetrahydrofuran may damage the liver and kidneys."

"* Tetrahydrofuran can cause headache, nausea and dizziness. Very high exposure can cause unconsciousness and death."

"* There is limited evidence that Tetrahydrofuran causes cancer in animals. It may cause cancer of the liver and kidneys"

" ANAVEX 2-73 is a tetrahydrofuran derivative that acts as an agonist at M1 muscarinic receptors and intracellular sigma 1 receptors,..."


http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1823.pdf

https://justpaste.it/142ub


No reason to be overly concerned Imho though because many drugs have foundations in molecules that might not be healthy for humans with long term exposure. If I recall correctly the current SOC is actually based on a chemical used in pesticides.