More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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