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Antipsychotics
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Maine Facts
100
These orange vegetables were originally purple
Carrots
A long time ago, almost all carrots were purple or yellow. Farmers in Holland grew orange ones, people liked them best, and now that's the color we all know.
100
These religious figures used to act as pharmacists back in the medieval times
Monks
Monks grew gardens full of herbs and made medicine for anybody who got sick. Their monasteries were kind of the first pharmacies.
100
This antipsychotic was one of our first and was developed when trying to find another medication to treat pain
Thorazine (chlorpromazine)
It was invented to help people relax before surgery. Doctors gave it and noticed something they weren't expecting — people who were very upset became calm. So they started using it for that instead.
100
These black birds can remember faces and even hold grudges
Crows
If you're mean to a crow, it remembers your face for years — and it tells the other crows about you.
100
Maine is said to have over 70,000 of these large antlered animals
Moose
Maine has more moose than any state except Alaska
200
These popular fruits float due to them being 25% air
Apples
About a quarter of an apple is air. That's why apples float — and it's why you can bob for them in a bucket of water.
200
How long ago was the first known prescription written?
Over 4000 years ago on a clay tablet
200
True or false: paliperidone and risperidone are similar medications
True
When you take risperidone, your body changes part of it into paliperidone. So they're related — like a parent and a kid.
200
These birds cannot move their eyes which is why they have such an extensive ability to move their head
Owls
An owl's eyes are stuck in place, like two flashlights bolted to its head. So to look around, it turns its whole head — almost all the way behind itself.
200
Over 90% of Maine is covered by what
Forest-trees
Maine is the most tree-covered state in the whole country. Almost the entire state is woods.
300
This popular condiment used to be made from mushrooms before it was made from tomatoes
Ketchup
The first ketchup was a salty brown sauce made from mushrooms and fish. Tomatoes didn't get added until about 200 years ago.
300
When did the first pharmacy school in the United States open?
1821, in Philadelphia
That's over 200 years ago — before cars, before phones, before light bulbs.
300
Cigarette smoke interacts with these two antipsychotics
Olanzapine and Clozapine
Cigarette smoke makes your body burn these medicines up faster, so smokers need a bigger dose. Here's the important part: if you quit smoking, the medicine builds up more, and your doctor may need to lower your dose. Always tell us when your smoking changes.
300
These large cats cannot roar and instead meow
Cheetahs
The fastest animal on land sounds like a house cat. Cheetahs meow, purr, and even chirp like a bird.
300
This mountain in Maine is the first place to see the sunrise in the United States during certain months
Cadillac Mountain, in Acadia National Park
From about October through early March, the sun hits the top of that mountain before anywhere else in the country. People drive up in the dark just to watch it.
400
These fruits got their names due to their resemblance to pine cones
Pineapples
Explorers thought it looked like a big pine cone, so they called it a "pine apple." The name stuck.
400
The first ever antidepressant was discovered when treating this entirely unrelated illness
Tuberculosis- a lung sickness
Doctors were giving people a medicine for a bad lung infection. They noticed something strange: the patients started feeling happier. So they tried the medicine on sadness, and it worked.
400
These two antipsychotics require you to eat with them. Hint: Begin with a L and a G
Latuda and Geodon
Food helps your body soak the medicine up. Take these on an empty stomach and you only get a part of your dose — so it may not work as well.
400
This tiny shelled animal can sleep for 3 years
Snails
When it gets too hot or too dry, a snail seals up the door of its shell and goes to sleep until the weather gets better. Some can stay asleep for years.
400
Maine only borders one other state, which is it?
New Hampshire
Every other side of Maine is ocean, or Canada. It's the only state in the country that touches just one other state.
500
These berries bounce like rubber balls when they're fresh
Cranberries
A fresh cranberry has little pockets of air inside, so it bounces. Farmers really do bounce them — the ones that bounce are good, and the ones that don't get thrown out
500
In what year did the first ever organized pharmacy open?
754, in Baghdad
About 1,300 years ago. It was the first shop whose whole job was making and handing out medicine.
500
Some antipsychotics are used to treat this condition which is unrelated to anything psychiatric
Nausea and vomiting
The same part of the brain that these medicines work on also controls feeling sick to your stomach. That's why one of them is also given for hiccups that won't stop.
500
These large animals can detect rainstorms from over 150 miles away
Elephants
Elephants feel the rumble of far-away thunder through the ground, with their feet. Then they start walking toward the rain.
500
Over 100 million pounds of this seafood is produced from Maine each year
Lobster
Most of the lobster eaten in this whole country comes out of the water right here.