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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.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.