Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
Performing Venipuncture Using the Vacutainer Method