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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
Cucumber slices relieve headaches by tightening blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the area, and relieving pressure.