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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
The toxic levels for lithium carbonate are close to the therapeutic levels. Signs of toxicity include fine hand tremor, polyuria, mild thirst, nausea, general discomfort, diarrhea, vomiting, drowsiness, muscular weakness, lack of coordination, ataxia, giddiness, tinnitus, and blurred vision.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.