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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.



