On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
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Disorders that may affect pharmacodynamics include genetic mutations, malnutrition, thyrotoxicosis, myasthenia gravis, Parkinson's disease, and certain forms of insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus.
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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.