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regimen Definition

regi·men (rejə mən)

noun

  1. Rare
    1. the act of governing; government; rule
    2. a particular system of government; regime
  2. a regulated system of diet, exercise, etc. for therapy or the maintenance or improvement of health

Etymology: ME < L, rule, government < regere, to rule: see right

regimen Usage Examples

Preposition: of

chemotherapy: When she develops ovarian cancer and embarks on a debilitating regimen of chemotherapy, she finds herself not in control for the first time.

Possessives

smoking: Advantages: The most unusual ' quit smoking ' regimen I've seen anyone use!

Converse of object

  • taper: The taper phase regimen used in clinical trials involved decreasing the daily dose by 10 mg at weekly intervals.
  • dose: Patients who are stable on a once weekly dosing regimen may be switched to once every two weeks administration.
  • optimize: The responses seen with all dosages studied are superior to the responses seen with placebo and an optimized background regimen.
  • prescribe: And relative spacing prescribed regimens and specialty retail report countries including the.
  • fail: The manufacturer has not studied the use of emtricitabine in people who are failing their current anti-HIV regimen or who have failed multiple regimens.
  • compare: Prospective studies comparing one regimen over another are lacking.

Adjective modifier

  • preparative: Novel therapeutic approaches with innovative preparative regimens are warranted for the remaining high-risk patients.
  • immunosuppressive: There is no good evidence that immunosuppressive drug regimens are effective.
  • chemotherapeutic: These patients were treated with a new systemic chemotherapeutic regimen " PEACE " therapy.
  • antiretroviral: The authors evaluated 38 patients receiving standard nevirapine dose as part of their antiretroviral regimen.
  • empiric: Oncologists prescribe patients one standard empiric chemotherapy regimen after another, until they find one that works.
  • antimicrobial: The duration of the antimicrobial prophylactic regimen examined in the included trials varied from a single dose to a 14-day course.

Noun used with modifier

  • chemotherapy: RESULTS: Patients had received a median of four prior chemotherapy regimens.
  • dosage: Further serum level determinations may be required to further refine the dosage regimen.
  • bolus: When my daughter changed to a basal bolus regimen then improved a lot.
  • second-line: Patients who fail the second-line regimen will be offered the best combination available from the first and second line drugs.
  • antihypertensive: Catapres may be added to an existing antihypertensive regimen where blood pressure control has not been satisfactorily achieved.
  • high-dose: The use of methotrexate high-dose regimens recommended for osteosarcoma requires meticulous care due to the potential for additive or synergistic renal toxicity.