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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
Sildenafil (Viagra®) has two actions that may be of consequence in patients with heart disease. It can lower the blood pressure, and it can interact with nitrates. It should never be used in patients who are taking nitrates.
Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.