Prices of drugs, of course, are difficult to evaluate, since the cost of production of a given dose is often far lower than the final cost in a pharmacy or doctor's office.
The coroner's court heard they were put on to a ventilator and given a dose of morphine, which was standard practice, but there was confusion over the exact amount that should be administered.
No other state has opted to follow suit, and no cases have been reported in Oregon in which a patient has been given a lethal dose of drugs for any reason other than a terminal illness.
The son of a man who died after being given a lethal dose of painkiller by a doctor flown in from Germany to provide weekend cover has called for vetting procedures to be tightened.
And the January 13 execution of a prisoner called Clarence Ray Allen, who needed to be given a second dose of one of the chemicals.
The other two will be treated just as well by a lower dose given for six months.
Children are given a second dose before they start school, usually between the ages of three and five.
Children are given a first dose at 12 to 15 months and a second, booster dose, at between three and five years old.
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Some were given a regular dose of the type of painkillers called "non-steroidal anti-inflammatories" - which include ibuprofen and aspirin, while the rest were not.
The study found that even in moderate cases, patients have to be given a higher dose of drugs in order for the treatment to be effective.
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But not serious because those countries' problems look solvable, given a fair dose of political will, and because their economies are small enough to have little impact on the rest of the world.
The government was given a dose of good news on Monday when it was reported that economic growth picked up in the third quarter, reaching 4.8% on an annualised basis, which was better than expected.
Just recently, a third theory has entered the arena, that Alexander died from a maladministration of hellebore, a medicine that, if given in too large a dose, could also be a toxin.
The pill is given at a single dose and starts working in two hours.
Obama has given us a whopping dose of central planning.
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Memory-wise there's 405MB RAM and 1.63GB of internal storage -- a slight let-down for the latter, so let's hope the retail unit will be given a more generous dose of silicon.
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Because the beam is being so precisely targeted, a bigger dose can be given, equivalent to several sessions all at once.
The team found that trained radiologists could actually reduce the dose given to a child by five times and still display an image good enough to diagnose tumours and other medical problems.
If some chef says to add a given amount of salt and it turns out to be a lethal dose for someone watching the show, I'm covered if the network gets sued and says it's our fault.
The patients were given either Vytorin, or a high dose of generic Zocor, known as simvastatin.
Second, the only way to really know which drug or which dose is right for a given patient is to conduct a clinical trial that compares drugs or doses to each other or against a placebo.
If you're looking for a product to help with more significant discomfort, over-the-counter pain relievers such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen given in the appropriate dose for a child's weight can take the edge off of teething pain.
From then the Mirapex patients continued to take a fixed dose of the drug, while levadopa was given to all patients in differing doses depending on their symptoms.
After that, the study subjects were quarantined for six days and given cold-virus-containing nose drops at a dose about 125 times the amount that it takes to infect cells in a laboratory.
Adults can replace a dose of their regular tetanus-and-diphtheria shot, given every 10 years, with Tdap, but don't have to wait out the 10 years, according to the CDC.
Many such leaders of the left "have not given up their ideas, but they've bathed them in a big dose of realism, " said Mr. Hoyos.
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All patients must be observed for six hours after their first dose, because Gilenya can cause a drop in heart rate after it is first given.
Half were given a sugar pill for four months followed by 20 milligrams of Zocor--the usual starting dose.
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