indication for therapy (treatment)
1Treatment for depression — Depression, for the purposes of this article, refers to the mental disorder known as major depressive disorder. This kind of depression is a recognised clinical condition and is becoming a common condition in developed countries, where up to 20%… …
2Tuberculosis treatment — Various pharmaceutical tuberculosis treatments their actions Tuberculosis treatment refers to the medical treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). The standard short course treatment for TB is isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as… …
3History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United Kingdom — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, in the past sometimes called electric convulsion therapy or electroplexy) is a controversial psychiatric treatment in which seizures are induced with electricity.Carney S and Geddes J (2003) Editorial:… …
4Growth hormone treatment — Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands. GH is now produced by recombinant DNA technology, and… …
5Monoclonal antibody therapy — Each antibody binds only one specific antigen. Monoclonal antibody therapy is the use of monoclonal antibodies (or mAb) to specifically bind to target cells or proteins. This may then stimulate the patient s immune system to attack those cells.… …
6Destination therapy — (often abbreviated DT) is a term used to describe a course of treatment for severe (e.g., NYHA stage IV/ACC stage D) heart failure patients. It involves using a mechanical circulatory support (MCS) when there is no option of eventually providing… …
7Lithium Therapy: History of — (from 1949) Prehistory: On the basis of his views about excess uric acid causing depression (see Depression: Emergence: periodical melancholia [1886]), Danish physician Carl Georg Lange (1834–1900) described in 1886 the systematic use of… …
8Thrombophilia — Classification and external resources …
9Infliximab — Drugbox type = mab source = chimeric/mouse/human target = TNF CAS number = 170277 31 3 ATC prefix = L04 ATC suffix = AA12 ATC supplemental = PubChem = DrugBank = BTD00004 C=6428 | H=9912 | N=1694 | O=1987 | S=46 molecular weight = 144190.3 g/mol… …
10Caspofungin — drugbox IUPAC name = 1 [(4 R ,5 S ) 5 [(2 aminoethyl)amino] N 2 (10,12 dimethyl 1 oxotetradecyl) 4 hydroxy L ornithine] 5 [(3 R ) 3 hydroxy L ornithine] pneumocandin B0 CAS number = 179463 17 3 ATC prefix = J02 ATC suffix = AX04 ATC supplemental …
