riluzole
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- noun
- /rɪˈluːzoʊl/
- Specialized
- Patients were given 100 mg riluzole per day (in 50 mg tablets) or placebo.
- effect of riluzole
- trial of riluzole
- clinical trials with riluzole
Examples
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Riluzole should then be prescribed in tablet form, 50 mg twice daily.
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The median survival was 449 days and 532 days in the placebo and riluzole groups, respectively.
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Most experimental studies with riluzole have also been performed by or in close association with the producer of the drug.
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Not all the evidence is in favor of an antiglutamate action of riluzole.
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The second difference is in the effect, or lack thereof, of riluzole treatment on functional scales.
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In conclusion, the course of MND may be retarded during treatment with riluzole, but the disease was not arrested in a single patient.
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The investigators concluded that riluzole had an important effect on survival; they also reported slower deterioration of muscle strength.
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The trials with riluzole in MND show that the efficacy of combination therapies can be established in short periods of time.
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For example, nausea occurred in 12% of patients taking 50 mg of riluzole daily, in 16% taking 100 mg, and in 20% taking 200 mg.
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Doctors often prescribe riluzole to help slow the progression of ALS.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Riluzole is a modern, made-up drug name and a helpful way to remember it is that it ends with -azole, an ending often used for medicines and suggesting 'a drug'. So, riluzole is the name of a medicine used to slow some nerve diseases.