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View Post: Clinical efficacy of first- and second-line treatments for HIV ...
10 Nov 2009 by Helweg-Larsen, J., Benfield, T., Atzori,...  
... used first-line therapy, followed by intravenous pentamidine (87 episodes, 7%), clindamycin/primaquine (72 episodes, 6%) and 'other' (atovaquone, dapsone/pyrimethamine, trimetrexate or inhaled pentamidine; 67 episodes, 6%). ...
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View Post: pentamidine inhalation
29 Mar 2009 by oraclewriter  
pentamidine inhalation is a medication used to prevent or treat a lung disease called pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or pcp which is more frequent in patients who have decreased functions in the immune system. this medication works by ...
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View Post: Pentamidine Inhalation - Bulletin
3 Jan 2009
Pentamidine Inhalation. 28 November 2007. Products Affected - Description. NebuPent Inhalation, 300 mg (NDC 63323-0877-15), Abraxis. Reason for the Shortage. Abraxis states the shortage is due to unexpected demand for product. ...
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View Post: drugs beginning with "p"
7 Jun 2009 by Yaqub Khan  
... pentacarinat® see pentamidine inhalation; pentafuside see enfuvirtide injection; pentam® see pentamidine isethionate injection; pentam® 300 see pentamidine inhalation; pentamidine inhalation; pentamidine isethionate injection ...
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View Post: Nebupent (Pentamidine Isethionate) Drug Information: Uses, Side ...
14 Dec 2008
PRECAUTIONS: Before using pentamidine inhalation, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to pentamidine injection; or if you have any other allergies. Before using this medication, tell your doctor, ...
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View Post: Cancer Treatment: IV Pentamidine prophylaxis
13 Jul 2009 by ML  
The provider explains that IV peatamidine is used because the child would not co-operate with inhalation of the drug. It also appears that once the acute episode is treated, IV pentamidine is for prophyalxis. ...
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View Post: frontiers of inhalation technologies: treatment
14 Aug 2009 by CIMIT  
however, no aerosol drug has been successful in impacting medical practice since aerosolized pentamidine was approved 20 years ago. beyond the usual therapies in asthma and copd, physicians do not recognize aerosols as viable treatments ...
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View Post: 16 august 2007
26 Aug 2007 by Administrator  
i spent the majority of the time in the day hospital. they tested my weekly blood sample and i was administered my monthly pentamidine inhalation. pentamidine prevents bacterial infections in transplanted patients. ...
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