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Typically, phenoxybenzamine is not used in the long term, as new receptors are made to upregulate alpha stimulation. The main limiting side-effects of alpha antagonists is that the baroreceptor reflex is disrupted and thus this can cause postural hypotension.
The use of a drug of last resort may be based on agreement among members of a patient's care network, including physicians and healthcare professionals across multiple specialties, or on a patient's desire to pursue a particular course of treatment and a practitioner's willingness to administer that course.
To reduce this risk, it is common to use several different drugs together that are each aimed at different targets. In addition to those non-human proteases listed above, inhibitors of human proteases may be used to treat cancer. See the articles matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (–mastat) and proteasome inhibitor (–zomib). [1]
Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection.
Praziquantel is used to treat diseases caused by infection with several types of internal/gastrointestinal, and external parasites, including: Hydatid disease caused by infection of various organs with larval stages of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus
Experimental cancer treatments are mainstream medical therapies intended to treat cancer by improving on, supplementing or replacing conventional methods (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy). However, researchers are still trying to determine whether these treatments are safe and effective treatments.
A cat’s way of behaving and communicating is more challenging to understand than a dog’s. Cats communicate in several ways. The most common way that cats communicate is by purring. However ...
Photothermal Therapy, use of infrared radiation to treat cancer; Thermotherapy, use of heat for treating other conditions; Coley's toxins, a bacteria mixture used to generate fevers as an alternative cancer treatment; Tronado machine, a device that uses microwave radiation to generate hyperthermia for cancer (no evidence of benefit) Pyrotherapy ...