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The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
Patients who have been on total parenteral nutrition for more than a few days may need to have foods gradually reintroduced to give the digestive tract time to start working again.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
More than 50% of American adults have oral herpes, which is commonly known as "cold sores" or "fever blisters." The herpes virus can be active on the skin surface without showing any signs or causing any symptoms.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.

