oral medication

collocation in English

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oral
adjective
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/ˈɔː.rəl/us
/ˈɔːr.əl/
spoken and ...
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medication
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌmed.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmed.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a medicine, or a set of medicines or drugs, used to improve a particular condition ...
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(Definition oforalandmedicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Patients prescribed depot medication received on average a lower daily dose in chlorpromazine equivalents than those prescribedoralmedication.
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The homogeneity was further strengthened by the larger numbers of retired men in several of the groups, particularly theoralmedicationand insulin initiation groups.
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Deferiprone is given as anoralmedication.
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Deferasirox has the benefit of being anoralmedication.
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Pain treatments are most commonly administered viaoralmedicationor periodic injections.
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Generally,oralmedicationcan not keep a steady dose in the blood stream.
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Scleritis itself is treated with anoralmedicationcontaining corticosteroids and an eye solution.
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Treatment for hypothyroidism in dogs consists of an inexpensive once-dailyoralmedication.
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Inability to takeoralmedicationmay prompt hospital admission to receive steroids intravenously.
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Injections of insulin may either be added tooralmedicationor used alone.
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Miltefosine is anoralmedicationthat is effective against both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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Most patients takeoralmedicationthat is prescribed by a doctor.
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Ileal bypass surgery was mainly performed prior to the introduction of effectiveoralmedicationfor the most common hypercholesterolemias.
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Side effects include the possibility of local inflammation, leading to headaches, which can be treated withoralmedication.
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Suppositories may also be used when a patient has a vomiting tendency, asoralmedicationcan be vomited out.
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The treatment plan may include physical and/or occupational therapy, serial casting,oralmedicationor botox injections.
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Treatments includeoralmedication(such as colchicine) or surgery, which is most often reserved as a last resort.
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Because many diabetics takeoralmedicationfor their diabetes, absorption of these medicines is greatly affected by the delayed gastric emptying.
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One of the most common is clenbuterol, either as anoralmedicationadministered twice daily in feed, or via the intravenous route.
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Depot injections can also be used for involuntary community treatment patients to ensure compliance with a community treatment order when the patient would refuse to take dailyoralmedication.
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