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What determines trauma? I almost drowned as a 9 year old (ambulance and hospitalized), but I love oceans/swimming/scuba diving 20+ years later. Why am I not afraid of those things, but others may avoid those things after the experience?

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When pharmaceutical companies develop new prescription drugs, do they test every method of delivery to the human body? For example, injected, orally, topically, rectally, etc?

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What determines trauma? I almost drowned as a 9 year old (ambulance and hospitalized), but I love oceans/swimming/scuba diving 20+ years later. Why am I not afraid of those things, but others may avoid those things after the experience?	1274
When pharmaceutical companies develop new prescription drugs, do they test every method of delivery to the human body? For example, injected, orally, topically, rectally, etc?	115