Common abbreviations that cause medication errors include U (unit), mg (milligram), QD (every day), SC (subcutaneous), TIW (three times per week), D/C (discharge or discontinue), HS (at bedtime or "hours of sleep"), cc (cubic centimeters), and AU (each ear).
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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The small dorsal fin of this blue whale is just visible on the far left.
A juvenile blue whale with its mother
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