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Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.