Sentence examples for as first drug from inspiring English sources

During the recent calendar period, lithium was prescribed more rarely after the index diagnosis in general and as first drug and conversely, antipsychotics and anticonvulsants were used more often.

Similar, the incidence rate of lithium as first drug was 0.4 per person year corresponding to 40 patients who got lithium per 100 person years, which was calculated as the number of patients who got lithium (N = 46) divided by the person years (105.81) for the drug.

Only the Dutch NHG-guideline for primary care recommended diuretics as first drug choice prior to ACE inhibitors.

Group A: ibuprofen contraindicated and paracetamol as first drug of choice (primary contraindication); group B: development of a contraindication for ibuprofen during treatment with ibuprofen as first choice and switch to paracetamol (incomplete ibuprofen); and group C: two complete courses of ibuprofen failed to achieve closure and switch to paracetamol (complete ibuprofen) (see Fig.  1).

Liraglutide appeared more effective than sitagliptin as second drug.

There were no differences however, when survival of infliximab or etanercept as second medication in RA was compared with their survival as second drug in SpA.

In this context, the mixture cisplatin-paclitaxel behaves as third drug to the cells and, consequently, from the mathematical standpoint it was considered as just one treatment or drug.

In 20 patients treated with oxaliplatin as second drug, CDR of oxaliplatin was higher in patients showing CR or PR than for SD or PD (41% vs 24.5%, P=0.013).

Two randomized [ 41, 46] and one non-randomized [ 50] controlled trials used valproate as first-drug antiepileptic treatment instead of benzodiazepines.

Eleven GPs asserted prescribing sumatriptan nasal spray as second-line drug.

The state had used midazolam as the first drug in the protocol, which failed to fully anesthetize Lockett, causing him searing pain.