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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.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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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.