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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
HIV testing reach is still limited. An estimated 40% of people with HIV (more than 14 million) remain undiagnosed and do not know their infection status.
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).