Sentences with phrase «immune reaction to the drug»

The drug, administered in three doses over 5 months, did prompt temporary spikes in certain inflammatory molecules, which indicate a mild immune reaction to the drug.

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Infant antacid exposure was linked to a doubling of the risk for developing food allergies, and a 50 percent increase in the risk for developing drug allergies and a hypersensitive immune reaction to foreign toxins, such as a bee sting (anaphylaxis).

Many new drugs trigger an immune reaction that cripples them — and the race is on to thwart the attack

Researchers administering inhaled transgenic alpha - 1 antitrypsin from sheep bred by PPL discovered that some patients suffered pulmonary symptoms that caused them to leave the trial — a possible immune reaction to residual proteins from the animal that remained after purification of the drug.

They work best against mild respiratory allergies, such as hay fever, but generally can't be used to counteract severe allergies to certain foods or drugs because of the danger of triggering anaphylaxis, a life - threatening immune reaction.

Bone marrow transplants can cause deadly immune reactions, turning the decision to proceed into a perilous judgment call; HIV patients are better served with today's drug cocktails unless they need the transplant for another disease, experts say.

Statins and other drugs can dampen that immune reaction; a 2012 trial in sepsis patients showed that atorvastatin reduced the risk of progressing to severe sepsis by 83 %.

Genetic variation is believed to contribute to a majority of serious immune - mediated adverse drug reactions.

In some people, the immune system overreacts to the presence of proteins from things like nuts, dairy products, latex, bee stings or certain drugs, leading to allergic reactions that can, in the most extreme cases, be potentially fatal.

These drugs work by blocking the effects of histamine, a chemical your body produces to attack invaders like pollen — launching such immune reactions as watery eyes and sneezes.

Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that can cause gastrointestinal bleeding, liver toxicity and allergic reactions; other drugs used to treat RA, such as methotrexate, can suppress the immune system and increase infection risk.

Mechanisms include «suicide genes» to make the tumor commit suicide or kill itself, genes that will activate drugs and kill tumor cells specifically and genes that will change the immune system reaction to the tumor.

Both of these processes can be associated with reactions to drug therapy, other immune mediated diseases, infectious diseases, heartworm disease, etc..

Drug - Induced Stevens — Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is an immune - complex - mediated hypersensitivity disorder caused by an adverse allergic reaction to medications.