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The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
Certain topical medications such as clotrimazole and betamethasone are not approved for use in children younger than 12 years of age. They must be used very cautiously, as directed by a doctor, to treat any child. Children have a much greater response to topical steroid medications.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.