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  2. Allopurinol - Wikipedia

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    Allopurinol is used to reduce urate formation in conditions where urate deposition has already occurred or is predictable. The specific diseases and conditions where it is used include gouty arthritis, skin tophi, kidney stones, idiopathic gout; uric acid lithiasis; acute uric acid nephropathy; neoplastic disease and myeloproliferative disease with high cell turnover rates, in which high urate ...

  3. Chemotherapy regimen - Wikipedia

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    The term "induction regimen" refers to a chemotherapy regimen used for the initial treatment of a disease. A "maintenance regimen" refers to the ongoing use of chemotherapy to reduce the chances of a cancer recurring or to prevent an existing cancer from continuing to grow. [2]

  4. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Nausea and vomiting are two of the most feared cancer treatment-related side-effects for people with cancer and their families. In 1983, Coates et al. found that people receiving chemotherapy ranked nausea and vomiting as the first and second most severe side-effects, respectively. [98]

  5. CHART #4: SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF REPUBLICAN ... - HuffPost

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    treatment, the cost of which is paid for by others, including the Federal government13 Estimated savings No information found No information found No information found No information found! Small business owners would save up to 25% on health insurance through the use of Association Health Plans (AHPs)14 Implementation Timeline

  6. Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) typically occurs in persons with preexisting kidney failure. [3]: 119 Weeks to months after allopurinol is begun, the patient develops a morbilliform eruption [3]: 119 or, less commonly, develops one of the far more serious and potentially lethal severe cutaneous adverse reactions viz., the DRESS syndrome, Stevens Johnson syndrome, or toxic epidermal ...

  7. Tumor lysis syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Allopurinol (a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, which inhibits uric acid production) works by preventing the formation of uric acid following tumor cell lysis. [4] [13] Rasburicase is a synthetic urate oxidase enzyme and acts by degrading uric acid. No current guidelines endorse the concurrent use of allopurinol and rasburicase.

  8. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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    Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]

  9. 6 Potential Long-Term Effects of Ozempic - AOL

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    But some research has noted rare but serious side effects of once-weekly, 2.4-milligram (mg) semaglutide injections, such as pancreatitis, acute kidney injury, gallbladder issues, and thyroid cancer.