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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that has been fatal in at least 29% of cases, and in as many as 83% of cases, depending on the patient's health prior to infection. It has occurred often after natural disasters such as tornados, and early treatment is essential.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.