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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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).