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The FDA recognizes 118 routes of administration.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.