Sentences with phrase «at the low doses used»

But at the low doses used in their initial experiment the side effects were not serious.

At the low doses used to protect the heart, aspirin has only a small effect on inflammation; its heart benefit comes primarily from its ability to reduce the risk of blood clots.

While these drugs are generally considered safe and effective at the low doses used for heartworm prevention, there are always exceptions.

Not exact matches

Diagnostic Radiology at Boston Children's is designed to facilitate high - quality and rapid x-ray examinations using the lowest possible radiation doses for your child, no matter her size, age or medical condition.

These antianxiety drugs «are known to be safe, and we are using them at very low levels here,» study author Scheuer notes, adding he is not concerned about human patients receiving low doses of antianxiety drugs off - label.

It can be used to wean addicts off their drug of choice, and then is either discontinued or continued at a lower, maintenance dose.

New research conducted at the Center for Tuberculosis Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine shows that lower doses of the toxic drug bedaquiline — given together with verapamil, a medication that's used to treat various heart conditions — can lead to the same antibacterial effects as higher toxic doses of bedaquiline.

«Using a mouse model of tuberculosis, we have shown lower doses of bedaquiline together with verapamil have the same antibacterial effect as the higher toxic doses,» says Shashank Gupta, Ph.D., a research fellow at Johns Hopkins.

The imaging software — developed and currently in use only at Cincinnati Children's — mathematically determines the lowest possible radiation dose for the patient before a scan is performed, according to the study led by David Larson, MD, radiology quality and safety director at the medical center and principal architect of the technology.

At the end of the trial, those who received the high - dose vaccine scored an average of 39 percent lower on symptoms and medication use than did those who got the dummy shots.

Scientists used those data to extrapolate how many excess cancer cases would develop at lower radiation doses.

A few hundred volunteers received low to medium doses of LSD at Edgewood, compared to the amounts used recreationally by millions of young civilians during the same period.

The approach, called a «metronomic dosage regimen,» uses significantly lower doses of chemotherapeutic drugs but at more frequent time intervals.

«This study draws attention to the common consensus that the use of low - dose CT scans for image guidance for children is important for quality treatment and to ensure treatment accuracy,» said Stephanie A. Terezakis, MD, co-author of the study and assistant professor of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences at Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore.

«We tested combinations because lower doses of each drug can be used, potentially decreasing side effects,» said Dr. Fish, a Professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto.

MTX is commonly used at low doses to treat inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and psoriasis and has few side effects.

Methotrexate is already used as a chemotherapy drug for several types of cancer, and this early research shows that at much lower doses it could have the potential to help treat certain blood disorders.»

When used in solid organ transplants at UPMC, this protocol allows patients to be treated with low doses of a single maintenance drug.

Some magnetic resonance techniques can give information about the quantity and function of beta cells, he says, but they use a dose of manganese chloride that is at least 1 million times higher than the new PET technique, suggesting an advantage in lower toxicity.

December 12, 2011 — Recurrent wheezing in children at risk for developing asthma can be controlled using far less medication by giving higher doses of an inhaled corticosteroid only as needed instead of lower doses every day, a study found.

Instead, «health care providers should regularly review their older patients» drug regimens — including over-the-counter medications — to look for chances to use fewer anticholinergic medications at lower doses,» she advised.

Use of «low - dose epidurals versus placebos during the pushing stage of labor did not increase duration of pushing» or the need for a C - section, said Wu, who works at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

For some at the end of treatment I like to use low dose prescription antibiotics or herbal antibiotics to prevent relapse.

So, the reason it's called Low - Dose Naltrexone because we're not using it at pharmacological 15 milligrams.

However, like many medications, Naltrexone at low doses is uses «off - label» for many conditions.

You are started off at a low dose (too much can be a big shock to a system that's been deficient), and lab tests are used to determine if the dose needs to increase.

Use EXTREME caution when using any essential oils with children using only the gentlest oils at an extremely low dose.

I personally use cardarine and am confident that at low doses it does not cause cancer.

Animals are often fed antibiotics at low doses for disease prevention and growth promotion, and those antibiotics are transferred to you via meat, and even through the animal manure that is used as crop fertilizer.

Essential oils such as chamomile have been used with children, but give them only the gentlest oils and at extremely low doses.

One may conclude from this evidence that the effect is very modest (compared to diet and other lifestyle factors) and hence consider multivitamins «a waste of money» (I don't think so — a nickel a day for ~ 10 % lower risk of cancer and macular degeneration seems like a very good deal to me) but certainly not that they pose any risk — at least not in the case of iron - free RDA - dose multivitamins similar to the Centrum used in PHSII.

When using antihistamines, begin at a low - end dose and gradually increase it under the guidance of your veterinarian.

When used at a low dose for heartworm prevention in a dog free of heartworms, ivermectin is relatively safe.

At Welland and District Spay Neuter Clinic, we strive to minimize any risk of anesthesia by examining each animal prior to surgery, using the lowest dose of anesthetic required, and monitoring throughout anesthesia.

Ivermectin toxicity Many dogs can tolerate the low dose required to prevent heartworms but when ivermectin is used to treat the many other parasitic infections in dogs it is used at much higher doses and the likelihood of toxicity increases.

One needs to use these medications only intermittently and at the absolutely, lowest effective dose.

High doses of rapamycin are already used in humans to fight cancer and prevent organ - transplant rejection, but at low doses, it has also been shown to slow aging and extend life span in several animals with few or no side effects.

It is a technique used by physicians that fight kidney rejection and autoimmune diseases of many sort — give multiple drugs at lower doses rather than single drugs at high doses.

These medications use an extremely low dose of ivermectin, which is adequate to kill any L3 and L4 larval stages (baby heartworms) that are inhabiting the pet's skin tissues at the time the medication is given.

There is an Ivermectin sensitivity test available or a Veterinarian might test a low dose before using at the recommended dose.

Administering allergens at low doses to your pet is one method our caring doctors use to prevent your pet from itching.

Start at the lowest dose and only use for a few days.

reducing the amount of enzymes being used to the lowest dose possible but at a dose that will still allow the dog to properly digest food.

This could be a problem in patients with congestive heart failure or other patients who require sodium restriction May stunt growth if used in young, growing animals May lower seizure threshold and alter mood and behavior At high doses, this medication can cause birth defects early in pregnancy, be irritating to the stomach or cause higher than normal blood sugar levels If your pet has received high doses, it should not be vaccinated without your veterinarian's advice as the vaccine may not work or it may actually give your pet the disease you are trying to prevent Less common side effects include weight gain, insomnia, panting, diarrhea, vomiting, elevated liver enzymes, pancreatitis and behavior changes Serious side effects are not expected with routine use.

There are breed - related sensitivities with ivermectin (i.e. collie - related breeds have some difficulties) though at the very low doses used in the prevention of heartworm disease are not a problem for any breed.

These breeds are not at risk for trouble when using the low - dose heartworm preventive products, but only when using the off - label skin parasite protocols.

Some variation in clinical effects can be observed; particularly at very high (> 50W) or very low (< 1 W) power settings using the same J / cm2 dose.

Manchester Terriers tolerate premedication well prior to anesthesia with acepromazine / opioid combinations given IM or SQ, provided that acepromazine is used at the lowest effective dose.

Children should be monitored carefully for metabolic effects predisposing them to diabetes, and use of the drug should be at the lowest possible dose for the shortest possible time,» said one of the study's senior authors, Wayne A. Ray, Ph.D..