Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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Medications that are definitely not safe to take when breastfeeding include radioactive drugs, antimetabolites, some cancer (chemotherapy) agents, bromocriptine, ergotamine, methotrexate, and cyclosporine.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
