Lawrence Sanders by Private Pleasures (txt)

Author:Private Pleasures (txt) [Pleasures, Private]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I resented being addressed as “boy” or “son,” particularly since the colonel appeared to be only a few years older than I.

But I made no objection. After all, he was the client-or represented the client-and I had no desire to endanger the funding of my research.

“The first objective,” I said, “is the conversion of the liquid formulation to a solid. In other words, a pill or powder.

Such a conversion is usually a relatively simple process. But I should warn you that sometimes a new drug proves not to be orally active. It has no effect when ingested but must be administered by injection to achieve the desired result.”

“That’s ridiculous,” he snapped, as if it were my fault.

“We can’t spend time giving shots to a regiment of grunts about to go into combat. The logistics would be impossible.”

“I realize that, sir,” I said as patiently as I could. “But if a ZAP pill does prove ineffective, there is another method that should be considered. It might he testosterone formulation be possible to structure transdermal delivery. The drug would be carried on small patches applied directly to the skin.” “Now you’re talking!”

Knacker cried enthusiastically. “The bugle blows our boys stick on their patches, and pick up their rifles.

Correct?”

“Yes, sir,” I said. “And I suspect a skin patch might have a longer-lasting effect than injection or pill.”

,Sounds good to me,” the colonel said. “Now what’s the other problem?”

“The conversion of the ZAP formulation for use by humans.

There are actually two questions involved here. First of all, sir, you should be aware that sometimes drugs have effects on laboratory animals that cannot be duplicated in humans. The physiologies, of course, are q r not it will work uite different. The testosterone works on mice, as you have seen. Whether o on humans remains to be proved.

“The second part of the same question is what quantity of the formulation should be recommended for human use. Usually this is a technical problem in which the body weights of mouse and man are compared to calculate the proper volume of the human dose.

Conversion is an inexact science, and too much human dose or too testosterone may be given in the little. Really, the most effective conversions result from trial and error.”

The officer looked at me with a pitying smile. “That’s no problem, son,” he said. “You get your pill made in the strength you think best and give , me a shout. I can provide all the human guinea pigs you need.

Listen, we have plenty of fuck-ups in the stockade right now who’ll be happy to volunteer to gulp down a ZAP pill if they’ll get time knocked off their sentence. You follow, boy?”

“Yes, sir,” I said. “Then you wish to go directly from rodent to human tests without trials on larger laboratory animals?”

“You’ve got it, son, and the sooner the better. You give me the ZAP pill, and within a few days, a week at the most, I’ll be able to tell you if you’ve got a winner or a washout.

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