For an allergic patient, a compounding pharmacist can create a personalized medication, formulated to give the patient the treatment they need.
Due to the time length of treatment, the patient may stop taking their medication when they start feeling better. It take 12 months to treat.
Innovations in islet cell transplants, a procedure that involves transplanting a culture of the insulin-producing islet cells of a healthy pancreas to a patient with type I diabetes.
The length of time for treatment of ovarian cancer is varied from one patient to the next. The average patient will have an hour long treatment approximately every six weeks. It also depends on the dosage of medication you are given.
Transplantation of a healthy pancreas into a diabetic patient is a successful treatment, however, this transplant is usually done only if a kidney transplant is performed at the same time
contraindication
No, doctors typically cannot prescribe medication over the phone for patients in need of immediate treatment. In most cases, a doctor needs to physically examine a patient before prescribing medication.
There is no alternative medicine to the dexamethasone.
In those patients with diabetes who will receive or are already receiving immunosuppressive treatment for a life-saving kidney transplant, a pancreas transplant can return their ability to self-produce insulin.
Indication refers to the specific situation or condition where a treatment, medication, or procedure is recommended or beneficial. Contraindication, on the other hand, refers to a situation where the treatment, medication, or procedure should not be used due to potential harm or risks to the patient.
The first aid treatment for a heart attack is fairly limited. We can reassure the patient. As well as this, we can help the patient take any prescribed medication (i.e. GTN spray). The best thing we can do is to phone for an ambulance and to ensure prompt medical treatment is delivered to the patient. This is the best treatment first aiders can provide.
PRN does not do anything to a patient. It is a medical abbreviation that means "as needed". A medication or treatment ordered as PRN means to give it as needed.