In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Many medications that are used to treat infertility are injected subcutaneously. This is easy to do using the anterior abdomen as the site of injection but avoiding the area directly around the belly button.
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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
2008 launch of the SM-3 missile used to destroy American spy satellite USA-193
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