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- noun Plural form of
monotherapy .
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Examples
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The WHO says resistance is made worse by some pharmaceutical firms flooding poor countries with a host of cheap drugs, so-called monotherapies.
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Odanacatib, alendronate and PTH monotherapies increased lumbar spine bone mineral density from baseline by 11.3 percent, 8.3 percent, and 6.2 percent, respectively.
unknown title 2011
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This preclinical study in estrogen-deficient rabbits (n=12/group) compared the effect of five different treatment regimens on bone mineral density (BMD), bone histology and bone strength: the combinations of human parathyroid hormone 1-34 (PTH) and odanacatib, PTH and alendronate, and the monotherapies including odanacatib, alendronate or PTH.
unknown title 2011
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Exposure of the parasite population to artemisinin monotherapies in subtherapeutic doses for over 30 years, and the availability of substandard artemisinins, have probably been the main driving force in the selection of the resistant phenotype in the region.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Arjen M. Dondorp 2010
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WHO considers the use of monotherapies as an inappropriate public health policy, because the treatment is poor and may increase the risk of selecting resistant parasites.
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These particles have allowed the formulation of both formoterol and glycopyrrolate in the MDI format? in combination and as monotherapies - with highly stable, robust and aerodynamically efficient drug delivery.
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WHO considers the use of monotherapies as an inappropriate public health policy, because the treatment is poor and may increase the risk of selecting resistant parasites.
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Combination therapy was well tolerated with reported safety similar to the monotherapies.
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In the pivotal registrational trial, AZOR demonstrated that eight weeks of double-blind treatment with combination therapy resulted in larger mean reductions in seated blood pressure and brought more patients to goal in comparison to the corresponding monotherapies.
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Patients above 12 years were significantly less likely to have antibiotics co-prescribed than patients under five years; those prescribed non-artemisinin monotherapies were more likely to receive antibiotics.
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