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0.5–1.5 mg every 2–3 days Estriol: Ovestin [c] Estrogen: Oral: 4–6 mg/day Spironolactone: Aldactone: Antiandrogen: Oral: 100–400 mg/day Cyproterone acetate: Androcur: Antiandrogen; Progestogen: Oral: 5–100 mg/day Androcur Depot: IM: 300 mg/month Bicalutamide: Casodex: Antiandrogen: Oral: 25–50 mg/day Enzalutamide: Xtandi ...
High-dose estrogen therapy (HDE) is a type of hormone therapy in which high doses of estrogens are given. [1] When given in combination with a high dose of progestogen , it has been referred to as pseudopregnancy .
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Clark's rule is a medical term referring to a mathematical formula used to calculate the proper dosage of medicine for children aged 2–17 based on the weight of the patient and the appropriate adult dose. [1] The formula was named after Cecil Belfield Clarke (1894–1970), a Barbadian physician who practiced throughout the UK, the West Indies ...
Goserelin, sold under the brand name Zoladex among others, is a medication which is used to suppress production of the sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen), particularly in the treatment of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
The main result was a relative risk (RR) of 0.40 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.31 to 0.52) for development of active tuberculosis over two years or longer for patients treated with INH, with no significant difference between treatment courses of six or 12 months (RR 0.44, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.73 for six months, and 0.38, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.50 for ...
In pharmacokinetics, a loading dose is an initial higher dose of a drug that may be given at the beginning of a course of treatment before dropping down to a lower maintenance dose. [ 1 ] A loading dose is most useful for drugs that are eliminated from the body relatively slowly, i.e. have a long systemic half-life .
In a 1996 study, 250 to 1000 μg Semax improved attention and short-term memory in 11 healthy subjects performing 8 hour work shifts, though the effects were most pronounced when subjects were fatigued (after the shift was over) and the effects lasted going into the next day. [14]