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The FDA recognizes 118 routes of administration.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.