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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
Recent studies have shown that the number of medication errors increases in relation to the number of orders that are verified per pharmacist, per work shift.
The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.