Sentences with phrase «milligram doses»

I think this remarkable clinical record shows that if milligram doses of iodine are dangerous, the effects must be extremely subtle or must take many years to manifest.

They found that breast cancer patients who took 200 - milligram doses of paw paw extract for 5 weeks experienced inhibited growth of their tumors.

It is important to realize that the RDA for iodine is not in milligram doses but in micrograms:

On the left is a lethal dose of heroin, equivalent to about 30 milligrams; on the right is a 3 - milligram dose of fentanyl, enough to kill an average - sized adult male.

While the dose was higher than the 50 milligram dose approved for overactive bladder, the treatment was well tolerated.

According to Clauss, after taking his first, 10 milligram dose of zolpidem the patient could meaningfully interact with family, friends and strangers.

Debates about the condition aside, Boehringer Ingelheim, the company that originally developed flibanserin, and Sprout, which acquired the drug in 2012, tested the drug in clinical trials in which 1,227 women diagnosed with HSDD received the now - approved 100 - milligram dose at bedtime.

Then, at about 9 p.m., take a 0.5 - milligram dose of melatonin.

Uhm — So, Naltrexone, for those who don't know uh — was originally uh — uhm — approved back in the — in the 80's or 90's for — for alcoholism uhm — but at — at the 50 - milligram dose, and it's still used.

You can actually drink three shots of Starbucks espresso and get about the same 195 - milligram dose as a 12 - ounce coffee.

Not exact matches

The pill looks a bit like a fish oil capsule, and will be tested in men from 18 to 50 years old, with doses ranging from 200 to 400 milligrams a day.

People using the anti-diarrheal are recommended a maximum dose of eight milligrams per day OTC or 16 milligrams per day with a prescription; but some are taking upwards of 60 milligrams in order to deal with opioid withdrawal symptoms or to enhance their highs.

In a late - stage study, Aimmune, a biotech immunotherapy allergy treatment taken via pill, found that of the roughly 500 kids with peanut allergies between the ages of 4 - 17 who were part of the trial, 67 % of those who received the treatment were able to tolerate 600 milligrams of peanut protein (about two to four peanuts) after about a year of treatment, while only 4 % of those who got the placebo could tolerate that dose of peanut protein.

Doses as low as 54 milligrams in an average - sized adult female (far less than a quarter of a teaspoon) can cause an increased risk of phocomelia — a decrease in the size of the upper limbs.

The lethal toxic doses of capsaicin, measured in milligrams per kilogram of animal weight ranged from a mere.56 milligrams when administered intravenously, to 190 milligrams when consumed, to 512 milligrams when applied topically — which means that the poor animals were drowned in it.

The lethal toxic doses of capsaicin, measured in milligrams per kilogram of animal weight ranged from a mere.56 milligrams when administered intraveinously to 190 milligrams when consumed to 512 milligrams when applied topically — which means that the poor animals were drowned in it.

It should be noted that at these physiologic doses (0.99 — 1.53 mg β - carotene), it is unlikely that the differences in dose would influence the outcome of retinol equivalence per milligram of β - carotene.

As the Mayo Clinic warns on its Web site, large doses of caffeine — 500 to 600 milligrams, or roughly the equivalent of four or more cups of brewed coffee a day — can lead to insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, irritability, stomach upset, fast heartbeat and muscle tremors.

If you have an especially high risk of developing preeclampsia, your provider may recommend that you take a low dose (81 milligrams) of aspirin daily during pregnancy.

The recommended dose for women before, during, and after pregnancy is 1,000 milligrams (mg) daily.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all newborns, whether breastfed or formula fed, receive a one - time intramuscular shot of vitamin K1 (phytonadione) at a dose of 0.5 to 1.0 milligrams shortly after birth (this is usually given during the birth hospitalization).

Following delivery, the AAP noted that all newborn infants are given a single, intramuscular dose of 0.5 to 1 milligram of vitamin K. For parents who are wary of vaccines or medications, this procedure can seem unnecessary.

Melatonin in a dose of 1 to 3 milligrams a day appears to be completely acceptable with breastfeeding and the reason because when the mother takes that amount her normal physiologic dosage basically she is producing 0.3 to about 0.5 milligrams per day and that's about the dose that the baby will get through breast milk.

So the baby is only getting what the mother is reproducing it in any case so there's no known contraindication through the use of Melatonin and if the mother uses it within a dose range of 1 to 3 milligrams per day.

For example, if you've given birth to a baby who has a neural tube defect, your health care provider might recommend a separate supplement containing a higher dose of folic acid — such as 4 milligrams (4,000 micrograms)-- before and during any subsequent pregnancies.

Other studied doses include 3.7 grams of omega - 3 fatty acids daily beginning at the 20th week of pregnancy until birth; 1.5 grams of omega - 3 fatty acids daily during the first four months of breastfeeding; 0.5 grams of DHA plus 0.15 grams of EPA daily beginning at the 22nd week of pregnancy until birth; 2.7 grams of marine omega - 3 fatty acids containing two milligrams per milliliter of tocopherol from the 30th week of pregnancy until birth; and 1.6 grams of EPA, 1.1 grams of DHA, and 23 milligrams of alpha - tocopherol taken by mouth daily from the 25th week of pregnancy through the end of breastfeeding.

An interview with some users of the narcotic painkiller, Tramadol revealed that high doses of 250 and 300 milligrams of the drugs are sold at drinking spots across Ashanti Region beyond the 120 milligrams which is accepted by the board.

A lethal dose for an adult is around 100 milligrams.

The other half were told to take one - fourth of the standard dose, a single 250 - milligram pill, with a low - fat breakfast such as cereal with skim milk.

In contrast, no dose of haloperidol tested (0.5 to 12 milligrams per kilogram) produced rigidity, loss of righting reflex, or behavioral excitation.

The drug is undergoing testing at a 3 milligram (mg) dose for long - term weight management as part of the SCALE ™ (Satiety and Clinical Adiposity — Liraglutide Evidence in Nondiabetic and Diabetic Subjects) Obesity and Prediabetes trial.

In fact, all it takes to ward off scurvy is a daily dose of 10 milligrams, says Karen Fediuk, a consulting dietitian and former graduate student of Harriet Kuhnlein's who did her master's thesis on vitamin C. (That's far less than the U.S. recommended daily allowance of 75 to 90 milligrams — 75 for women, 90 for men.)

Study subjects who received a 3 - milligram (3 - mg) dose of liraglutide lost an average of 8 percent of their body weight (18.7 pounds), compared with just 2.6 percent (6.2 pounds) for subjects receiving a placebo, or «dummy» drug, the investigators reported.

Participants were randomly assigned to receive either spironolactone (target dose of 30 milligrams / day) or matching placebo, and were followed for an average of nearly 3.5 years.

The dose levels used were all below the 50 milligrams per day currently considered safe.

His 20 - year follow - ups on 80,000 women and 50,000 men showed that daily doses of 325 milligrams worked best for preventing bowel cancer.

They randomly assigned participants to either high - dose peanut OIT with a target daily dose of 3,000 milligrams peanut protein or a low - dose regimen with a target dose of 300 milligrams.

Ameisen points out, however, that the dosage of 30 milligrams a day given to study participants was far lower than his up to 270 - milligram daily dose, which studies had shown people could tolerate without displaying side effects such as somnolence and muscle weakness.

In rats receiving MNP / Ropiv, the nanoparticles contained a total of 14 milligrams of ropivacaine — a dose high enough to cause potentially fatal toxic effects.

In 1962, the director of a zoo in Oklahoma had the bright idea of firing a syringe dart containing almost 300 milligrams of LSD — about 3000 times the normal dose a hippie would take — into one of his elephants.

For example, a daily dose of the supplement contains a whopping 120 milligrams of vitamin E, six times the recommended daily allowance.

With the best - performing particles, the researchers reduced gene expression by more than 50 percent, for a dose of only 0.20 milligrams per kilogram of solution — about one - hundredth of the amount required with existing endothelial RNAi delivery vehicles.

Six weeks of treatment by the highest dose of dronabinol (10 milligrams) was associated with a lower frequency of apneas or hypopneas (overly shallow breathing) during sleep, decreased subjective sleepiness and greater overall treatment satisfaction compared to the placebo group.

One patient who died was taking 1400 milligrams of chlorpromazine a day — more than four times the recommended dose.

In a hospital setting, half of the children were given a tiny dose of peanut flour — around 2 milligrams — in their food once a day.

To confirm that their findings are relevant to humans as well, the researchers followed seven individuals given a high dose of saccharin — 5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, the Food and Drug Administration's maximum acceptable daily intake — on 6 consecutive days.

Following evaluation, the participants were given either a placebo or a dose of 2,400 milligrams of Aged Garlic Extract every day.

It is poisonous but only at relatively large doses; in rats it killed half of the animals tested at concentrations above 825 milligrams per kilogram of body weight.

This equates to a «safe» dose for an average person weighing 70 kilograms of 3.5 milligrams of BPA per day.

Dr. Lin said that because a standard dose of one milligram of adrenaline showed to be effective in regaining a person's pulse after a cardiac arrest, physicians also questioned what sort of impact a high dose of adrenaline might have.