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What are the characteristics of immunologic therapy drugs?
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Most drugs in this category are synthetic versions of substances produced naturally in the body. In their natural forms, these substances help defend the body against disease. For example, aldesleukin (Proleukin) is an artificially made.
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What interactions may occur with immunologic therapy drugs?
Anyone who has immunologic therapy should let the physician know all other medicines being taken. Some combinations of drugs may interact, that can increase or decrease the effects of one or both drugs or can.
What is the purpose of immunologic therapy?
Immunologic therapy is used to improve the immune system's natural ability to fight diseases such as cancer, hepatitis and AIDS. These drugs may also be used to help the body recover from immunosuppression resulting from.
What dosage of immunologic therapy drugs are normal?
The recommended dosage depends on the type of immunologic therapy. For some medicines, the physician will decide the dosage for each patient, taking into account a patient's weight and whether he/she is taking other medicines.
What is immunologic therapy?
an approach to the treatment of disease that uses medicines for stimulating the body's natural immune response
What has the author Raoul L Wolf written?
Raoul L. Wolf has written: 'Essential pediatric allergy, asthma and immunology' -- subject(s): Allergy in children, Asthma in children, Child, Diagnosis, Hypersensitivity, Immunologic diseases, Immunologic diseases in children, Infant, Therapy
Why are regular appointments with the doctor are necessary during immunologic therapy treatment?
checkups give the physician a chance to make sure the medicine is working and to monitor the patient for unwanted side effects.
What research is being conducting on improving combination therapy for malignant melanoma?
Combining biologic or immunologic agents such as interferon with standard chemotherapeutic agents is under study and showing improved response rates.
What therapy is used to treat cancer with drugs?
radiotherapy
What is the cure for immunologic rejection?
The 4 general treatments for immunological rejection (of organ transplants) are: - immunosuppressant drugs such as corticosteroids - antibody drugs (anti-lymphocytes) - blood transfusions (antibodies removed) - bone marrow transplant (changes immune system)
What therapy relies on drugs and medical procedures to improve psychological functioning?
Psychopharmacology is a therapy that relies on drugs to improve psychological functioning by targeting brain chemistry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a medical procedure that uses electrical currents to treat severe depression or other mental health conditions.
What is Cimo Therapy?
I think you mean chemotherapy... its the treatment of cancer by drugs, chemo-chemicals/drugs therapy-treatment look it up on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy
Does a psychiatric treatment center do anything besides prescribe drugs?
Many psychiatric treatment centers also offer some sort of therapy. Usually, they do a combination of drugs and therapy.
