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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.