The drug didn't help those with moderate cases, but at the highest dose it did tend to help those with mild symptoms.
Tularik was so concerned about safety that in phase-II trials for liver cancer, it tried the drug at a lower dose than it otherwise might have.
But once Sarah Palin got a dose of it, they were all over it.
And we just got injected with a healthy new dose of it.
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While the FDA is saying new patients should not be started on the 80-milligram dose, it is not saying that those who have been taking the medicine should switch, because the side effects are most likely in the first year of treatment.
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If it's not the top dose of Lipitor, it should be Vytorin from Merck and Schering-Plough or Crestor from AstraZeneca.
The effect of echinacea may vary according to the dose, how it's prepared, and even whether it's taken on an empty stomach, Dr. Firshein says.
The thing is, when we actually examine the UK health care system we find that a dose of competition does it good.
Clearly, 20mSv is an unusual dose and not to be recommended, but it's not a significant dose for an individual or in public health terms.
One mother featured on the programme was told her son had been prescribed too high a dose of Ritalin and it was to be halved.
But there is more than a little silver lining here: The FDA is allowing Tularik to use a higher (and therefore possibly more effective) dose of T67 than it used in earlier tests.
Prof Vallis said "it is attracted to DNA damage", where it then delivers a dose of radiation, causing more damage and attracting even more antibodies - it is a "self-amplifying system".
With sincerity, as with most things, it is the dose that makes the poison.
Most odd for as Paracelsus pointed out centuries ago it is the dose which is the poison.
If a patient needed a big dose of muscle relaxant, it can mean more time on a ventilator as those drugs wear off.
Professor Joe Sedat says that even though the radiation dose may be low, it may be intense where it hits certain parts of the body like the cornea, the testicles or the skin.
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However, he said, there's no harm in taking a 200-IU dose of vitamin D because it's difficult to get the recommended daily amount of 600 IUs from food alone for children and adults up to age 70.
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It contained a dose of morphine for breakthrough pain or shortness of breath, Ativan for anxiety attacks, Compazine for nausea, Haldol for delirium, Tylenol for fever, and atropine for drying up the upper-airway rattle that people can get in their final hours.
In one study, the average weight loss for a group taking a higher dose (32 mg) of naltrexone plus bupropion for about a year was 6.1% while for a lower dose (16 mg) it was 5%. (People taking a placebo had an average weight loss of 1.3%.) However, only half the participants who started the trial actually finished it.
"It was a safe dose of a kids' medicine, with side effect of sleepiness, " he says.
Or the needed dose may be high enough that it would require pills, not just the occasional glass of wine.
S. As mentioned in today's blog, I've killed my Innovation blog and replaced it with a daily dose of Optimism and Inspiration.
"According to our San Jose firefighters that were on scene and the fire captain there -- they really are the experts there -- it was a lethal dose, " he said.
Of course, the market may like the softer side of GDP, as it likely ensures another dose of the liquidity drug from the money czar, Bernanke, the king of money printing.
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The optimistic case for Zetia is that adding it to a low dose of a statin will lower cholesterol as much as a high dose of the statin, but without the muscle-weakening side effects.
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.
"It's going to be a few years until we really know whether or not people need another booster dose, and what is the optimal timing for that booster dose" for Tdap, because it is so new, Martin said.
Overall, the report is a healthy dose of reality for NASA. It warns that the agency's goals need to match its budget, and that it needs to internationalise its efforts, in order to make the most of its investments.
If the World Bank is going to help find solutions to the lingering problems of global poverty and underdevelopment, its next President must be a person that comes to the job with a willingness to experiment and a heavy dose of, dare I say it, humility.
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