Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
Comparison of Selected Respiratory Conditions
Selected Vitamins: Food Sources, Functions, and Deficiency and Toxicity Symptoms (continued)
Selected Members of the Classes of Neurotransmitters
Selected Antifungal Drugs
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