diff --git a/src/components/DrugInfo.tsx b/src/components/DrugInfo.tsx
index 3ab65a0..32523ec 100644
--- a/src/components/DrugInfo.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DrugInfo.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { ReactNode } from "react";
+import React, { memo, ReactNode } from "react";
 import { Card, CardContent, Container, Grid, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import {
   Dosage,
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ const addDurations = (drugData: Drug) => {
   const option = {
     chart: {
       id: "durationChart",
+      // The grow-in animation keeps the browser drawing frames for about two seconds after a
+      // factsheet row is expanded. Draw the chart once instead.
+      animations: { enabled: false },
     },
     plotOptions: {
       bar: {
@@ -525,6 +528,7 @@ const addDosages = (drugData: Drug) => {
   const option = {
     chart: {
       id: "doseChart",
+      animations: { enabled: false }, // See the duration chart above
     },
     plotOptions: {
       bar: {
@@ -660,11 +664,7 @@ const addDosages = (drugData: Drug) => {
   );
 };
 
-export default function DrugInfoCard({
-  drugData,
-}: {
-  drugData: Drug;
-}): ReactNode {
+function DrugInfoCard({ drugData }: { drugData: Drug }): ReactNode {
   // This function goes through all the optional data in the drug and creates a nice and fancy expandable row
 
   // This is the array that will hold all the elements that will be displayed in the expanded row
@@ -1159,3 +1159,9 @@ export default function DrugInfoCard({
     </Container>
   );
 }
+
+// The factsheets table re-renders on every state change (each keystroke in a filter, for
+// example) and asks for the detail panel of every row each time. Without memo, an open card
+// re-renders too, and react-apexcharts treats the fresh options object (its tooltip functions
+// never compare equal) as a change and redraws both charts from scratch.
+export default memo(DrugInfoCard);
diff --git a/src/components/Factsheets.tsx b/src/components/Factsheets.tsx
index fb06e6d..4e633b5 100644
--- a/src/components/Factsheets.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Factsheets.tsx
@@ -373,7 +373,11 @@ const Factsheets = () => {
         {InfoBar}
       </>
     ),
-    renderDetailPanel: ({ row }) => DrugInfoCard({ drugData: row.original }),
+    // MRT calls this for every row on the page on every render, expanded or not, and only
+    // mounts the result once the row is expanded. Return an element rather than calling
+    // DrugInfoCard directly, so the card (its charts, combos and dictionary tooltips) is only
+    // built for expanded rows.
+    renderDetailPanel: ({ row }) => <DrugInfoCard drugData={row.original} />,
   });
 
   return <MaterialReactTable table={table} data-bs-theme="dark" />;
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/DrugInfo.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/DrugInfo.test.tsx
index c1a962d..6e7af45 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/DrugInfo.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/DrugInfo.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import DrugInfo from "../DrugInfo";
 jest.mock("next/router", () => ({ useRouter: jest.fn() }));
 jest.mock("@/utils/drugs", () => ({ useDrugs: jest.fn() }));
 jest.mock("../Header", () => () => null);
+// Called on every chart render. In the browser, react-apexcharts redraws the chart whenever it
+// re-renders with a new options object, so a render here stands for a redraw there.
+const mockChartRender = jest.fn();
 jest.mock(
   "next/dynamic",
   () => () =>
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ jest.mock(
     }: {
       series: unknown;
       options: {
+        chart: unknown;
         tooltip: {
           custom: (input: {
             seriesIndex: number;
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ jest.mock(
         };
       };
     }) {
+      mockChartRender(options.chart);
       return (
         <>
           <output aria-label="Chart series">{JSON.stringify(series)}</output>
@@ -127,6 +132,25 @@ test("keeps dose text and charts the ranges for each route", () => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test("draws an open card's charts once, without animation", () => {
+  mockChartRender.mockClear();
+  const drugData = {
+    ...drug,
+    formatted_dose: { oral: { common: "1-2mg" } },
+    formatted_duration: { oral: "1-2", _unit: "hours" as Unit },
+  } as Drug;
+  const { rerender } = render(<DrugInfo drugData={drugData} />);
+  expect(mockChartRender).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  expect(mockChartRender.mock.calls).toEqual([
+    [expect.objectContaining({ animations: { enabled: false } })],
+    [expect.objectContaining({ animations: { enabled: false } })],
+  ]);
+
+  // The factsheets table re-renders the panel of an expanded row on every keystroke in a filter
+  rerender(<DrugInfo drugData={drugData} />);
+  expect(mockChartRender).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+});
+
 test("keeps unplottable doses in the table", () => {
   render(
     <DrugInfo
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/FactsheetsDetailPanel.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/FactsheetsDetailPanel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6afcc5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/FactsheetsDetailPanel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import type { Drug } from "tripsit_drug_db";
+import FactsheetsPage from "@/pages/factsheets";
+
+jest.mock("@heroui/react", () => ({ Accordion: () => null }));
+const mockDrugInfoCard = jest.fn(({ drugData }: { drugData: Drug }) => (
+  <p>Details for {drugData.pretty_name}</p>
+));
+jest.mock("../DrugInfo", () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: (props: { drugData: Drug }) => mockDrugInfoCard(props),
+}));
+
+const originalFetch = global.fetch;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  global.fetch = originalFetch;
+});
+
+test("builds a factsheet card only for the expanded row", async () => {
+  global.fetch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+    ok: true,
+    json: async () => ({
+      first: { name: "first", pretty_name: "First compound", properties: {} },
+      second: {
+        name: "second",
+        pretty_name: "Second compound",
+        properties: {},
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+  render(
+    <QueryClientProvider
+      client={
+        new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } })
+      }
+    >
+      <FactsheetsPage />
+    </QueryClientProvider>,
+  );
+  expect(await screen.findByText("Second compound")).toBeVisible();
+  // The table asks for every row's detail panel on each render; collapsed rows must not build one
+  expect(mockDrugInfoCard).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: "Expand" })[1]);
+  expect(await screen.findByText("Details for Second compound")).toBeVisible();
+  expect(
+    new Set(mockDrugInfoCard.mock.calls.map(([props]) => props.drugData.name)),
+  ).toEqual(new Set(["second"]));
+});