When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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In 2006, a generic antinausea drug named ondansetron was approved. It is used to stop nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Richard Wrangham’s “female-bonded” theory of intergroup competition was highly influential in our un