Example sentences of "used [prep] the treatment " in BNC.

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1 He achieved notable if modest successes by contributing to the discovery of Patulin , which achieved a transient reputation for curing the common cold , and Griseofulvin , which was developed commercially and is used for the treatment of fungal infections of the skin .
2 Contact with oil or oily machinery can lead to pimples , while certain drugs used for the treatment of disease may cause acne as a side effect .
3 Erm there are several strains in current use , produced by different manufacturers of B C G , used for the treatment of erm superficial , by which I mean T A , P T A , P T one and in situ disease in the bladder .
4 Self expandable steel braided endoprostheses were first used for the treatment of vascular and urological benign strictures , with good clinical results .
5 Additionally , drugs widely used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis such as sulfasalazine and 5-ASA are known to be potent anti-reactive oxygen species agents .
6 SIR , — Surfactant treatment is now widely used for the treatment of hyaline membrane disease ( HMD ) in the preterm infant .
7 The benzimidazoles and ivermectin may be used for the treatment of clinical cases and a single dose of ivermectin 4-16 days prior to farrowing has been shown to suppress larval excretion in the milk of sows .
8 COPA makes products used in the treatment of effluents and for controlling the discharges within waste water treatment works .
9 Bismuth has long been used in the treatment of digestive problems and a typical bismuth drug in the British pharmaceutical codes ( BPC ) for 1949 was Pulvis Bismuth Compositus , BP , a mixture of bismuth carbonate , magnesium carbonate and sodium carbonate .
10 The intention is that doctors will know which herbs can be used in the treatment of certain complaints .
11 Several other antibiotics can be used in the treatment of syphilis , to good effect , but penicillin remains the drug of choice .
12 A reduction of HDL levels may also be caused by hypolipidaemic therapy , in particular probucol , and β-blocking drug therapy used in the treatment of hypertension ( Dodson , 1982a ) .
13 There has been recent concern with regard to the precipitation and aggravation of diabetes mellitus by thiazide diuretics ( Murphy et al , 1982 ) , and β-adrenoreceptor blocking agents and others used in the treatment of hypertension .
14 Today a fibre-rich diet , often including bran , is not only advocated as a preventative measure : it is also widely used in the treatment of this disease .
15 Given this information as used in the treatment of errors , there are indications that it may also be effective to apply it to aid the reduction of the list of candidate strings in word positions where no error has been detected .
16 Many toxins , such as snake venoms , operate through the victim 's nervous system and are being used in the treatment of human nervous disorders .
17 These have been used in the treatment of Kaposi 's Sarcoma , but have serious side-effects .
18 The methodology used in the treatment of results of subsequent investigations therefore includes the following procedure :
19 Cypripack is nevertheless used in the treatment of domestic sewage and on large fishfarms .
20 They were trying to isolate the gene that produces insulin and insert it into the nucleus of a bacterium , so that you could get a self-replicating life-form which could then be used in the treatment of diabetes , or else it could provide a source of insulin that was n't animal-derived and did n't give you rejection problems .
21 One of the casualties punctured his skin with a syringe previously containing snake venom , which is often used in the treatment of arthritics .
22 Drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders are often supplied over the counter without prescription , with insufficient or misleading information , or are prescribed inappropriately .
23 Wellcome 's leading drug Zovirax , used in the treatment of herpes , continued to perform well with sales ahead 17pc to £369m .
24 Platinum marker bands and electrodes , used in the treatment of cardiac and neurological disorders , are produced by our US Noble Metals operation .
25 Johnson Matthey has had a long and important involvement in the development of cisplatin and carboplatin , the platinum-based anti-tumour drugs used in the treatment of testicular and ovarian cancer .
26 It is possible that lithium has an effect on the conduction in an axon by replacing the sodium ion and it is used in the treatment of depressive illness .
27 Iproniazid is used in the treatment of depression .
28 Moreover , high dose para-aminosalicylic acid ( 4-ASA ) was , for many years , used in the treatment of tuberculosis yet nephrotoxic reactions were uncommon .
29 Other studies in Oxford on the hypothalamus led to the discovery of compounds now successfully used in the treatment of sterility and cancers of the prostate .
30 They freely admitted using the drug , which is used in the treatment of asthmatic and bronchitic conditions , because they said they did n't realise it was a banned substance .
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