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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
Though methadone is often used to treat dependency on other opioids, the drug itself can be abused. Crushing or snorting methadone can achieve the opiate "rush" desired by addicts. Improper use such as these can lead to a dangerous dependency on methadone. This drug now accounts for nearly one-third of opioid-related deaths.
Drug-induced pharmacodynamic effects manifested in older adults include drug-induced renal toxicity, which can be a major factor when these adults are experiencing other kidney problems.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.