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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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).