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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
Intradermal injections are somewhat difficult to correctly administer because the skin layers are so thin that it is easy to accidentally punch through to the deeper subcutaneous layer.