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This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
Mesterolone, sold under the brand name Proviron among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used mainly in the treatment of low testosterone levels. [2][3] It has also been used to treat male infertility, although this use is controversial. [2][4][5] It is taken by mouth. [2]
Thin-film drug delivery uses a dissolving film or oral drug strip to administer drugs via absorption in the mouth (buccally or sublingually) and/or via the small intestines (enterically). A film is prepared using hydrophilic polymers that rapidly dissolves on the tongue or buccal cavity, delivering the drug to the systemic circulation via ...
Some men may prefer this form of finasteride because it reduces the risk of experiencing unwanted finasteride side effects, such as intimacy side effects (including decreased libido and ED).
Above a bicalutamide monotherapy dosage of 200 mg/day, up to 600 mg/day, decreases in PSA levels reach a plateau. [34] [56] In a study of very-high-dose bicalutamide monotherapy, decreases in PSA levels after 12 weeks were approximately 93% with 300 mg/day, 96% with 450 mg/day, 96% with 600 mg/day, and 96% with castration. [67]
In rats, a dosage of CPA of 25 mg/kg/day results in complete regression of prostate gland growth in gonadally intact males. [48] The equivalent dosage in humans, on the basis of body surface (conversion factor from rat to human of 6), was estimated to be approximately 4 mg/kg/day, or around 300 mg/day CPA for a 75 kg (165 lb) man. [48]
The 1950 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7 of that year, following a campaign characterized by accusations and name-calling.Republican Representative and future President Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, after Democratic incumbent Sheridan Downey withdrew during the primary election campaign.
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [9]