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  • While I don’t think you should base your decisions on opinions from random people on the Internet, I also don’t think you should blindly follow your doctor.

    I’ve seen many older doctors not keep up with more current treatments, or refuse to prescribe some things because their new/they don’t know about them.

    I’ve also seen far too many people get into med school, who I wouldn’t trust to put a bandaid on.

    That being said, your doctor should know what’s best for you (as others have mentioned). But there’s no problem with getting a second opinion/doing some research (legitimate research, not just stuff to prove your opinion).

    Tl;Dr: probably trust your doctor, but be open to other (valid) opinions.






  • The R side chains are not referred to as radicals. R- is common in organic chemistry and refers to a part of a molecule not shown for some reason. Generally because it’s not the focus in the specific figure. Generally you’ll have a R = (whatever combination of atoms) defined below.

    Radicals are a specific atom with an unpaired valence electron. Sometimes also called “free radicals”.

    Edit, here’s an example of a non-amino acid use of R: