Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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The highest suicide rate in the United States is among people ages 65 years and older. Almost 15% of people in this age group commit suicide every year.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Selected Vitamins: Food Sources, Functions, and Deficiency and Toxicity Symptoms (continued)
Selected Antitussives and Expectorants
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Selected Broad Sense Heritability (H2) Values from Human Twin Studies
Properties of Selected Bacterial, Eukaryotic, and Archaeal DNA Polymerases