Intradermal injections are somewhat difficult to correctly administer because the skin layers are so thin that it is easy to accidentally punch through to the deeper subcutaneous layer.
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In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
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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).
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
Areas of Referred Pain, Anterior View
(A) The nine regions of the abdominopelvic cavity. (B) The four regions of the abdomen, which are re
