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.
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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
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The FDA recognizes 118 routes of administration.
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