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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.