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CAPOX (also called XELOX [1]) is a chemotherapy regimen consisting of capecitabine (trade name Xeloda) combined with oxaliplatin. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Xelox regime operates in 3-week cycles, usually with 8 cycles in total; Xeloda is taken orally twice daily for two weeks, while oxaliplatin is administered by IV on the first day of the cycle; there is a ...
Chlorpromazine (CPZ), marketed under the brand names Thorazine and Largactil among others, is an antipsychotic medication. [6] It is primarily used to treat psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. [6]
This is a timeline of the development of prophylactic human vaccines.Early vaccines may be listed by the first year of development or testing, but later entries usually show the year the vaccine finished trials and became available on the market.
Restaurateurs, chefs and other small-business owners rally for public messaging and other aid from city and state leaders after seeing as much as a 90% drop in business due to the January fires.
An attenuated vaccine (or a live attenuated vaccine, LAV) is a vaccine created by reducing the virulence of a pathogen, but still keeping it viable (or "live"). [1] Attenuation takes an infectious agent and alters it so that it becomes harmless or less virulent. [2] These vaccines contrast to those produced by "killing" the pathogen ...
Live recombinant vaccines are biological preparations that stimulate immune responses to a pathogen through the use of genetically modified live bacteria or viruses. These live pathogens are biologically engineered to express exogenous antigens in the cytoplasm of target cells, thereby triggering immune responses . [ 1 ]
Today, inactivated vaccines exist for many pathogens, including influenza, polio (IPV), rabies, hepatitis A, CoronaVac, Covaxin and pertussis. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Because inactivated pathogens tend to produce a weaker response by the immune system than live pathogens, immunologic adjuvants and multiple " booster " injections may be required in some ...
Medication administered via intramuscular injection is not subject to the first-pass metabolism effect which affects oral medications. Common sites for intramuscular injections include the deltoid muscle of the upper arm and the gluteal muscle of the buttock. In infants, the vastus lateralis muscle of the thigh is commonly used. The injection ...