Atropine was named after the Greek goddess Atropos, the oldest and ugliest of the three sisters known as the Fates, who controlled the destiny of men.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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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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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
Polar covalent bonds in water molecules
Schematic representation of phospholipid molecule
The chemical structure of the water molecule facilitates life