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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).