folinic acid

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folinic acid

n ácido folínico
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L-dopa, 5-hydroxy (OH) tryptophan and folinic acid and symptomatic treatment of anti-convulsants and muscle relaxants was advised to 2(11%) patients with DHPR deficiency.
The study notes there is an evidence base for the antidepressant effects of the shared interconversion of folic acid, folinic acid and methylfolate, as found in EnBrace HR, showing significant improvement in perinatal depressive symptoms and providing a new treatment option for depression in pregnancy, revealed the company.
FOLFOX therapy is a combination of folinic acid, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin that is used as adjuvant chemotherapy in colon cancer.
The tumor on his skin was irradiated with daily fractions of 250 cGy with 6 mV energy of electron (Total dose: 60 Gy) to relieve the pain and for palliation and systemic chemotherapy, and Folinic acid, 5-Fluorouracil, Irinotecan (FOLFIRI)+bevacizumab treatment was commenced as the K-RAS test identified a mutation.
Folinic acid administration may help as a competitive folate agonist.
Classically, folic acid and folinic acid, as well as a change from oral to subcutaneous (SC) MTX are well known regimens.
Injection Methotrexate 50 mg was given intramuscularly along with Folinic acid 6 mg IV given.
([double dagger]) Anti-toxoplasma treatment with sulfadiazine (50 mg/kg BD), pyrimethamine (2 mg/kg/day for 2 days, then 1 mg/kg 3 times a week for the rest of the treatment period), and folinic acid (10 mg 3 times a week).
Management of methotrexate toxicity is aimed towards giving folinic acid rescue and enhancing methotrexate elimination.
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