11.   Nitschke was quoted in newspapers on Tuesday as saying he provided the two intravenous drug users with oral doses of methadone.

12.   The government Thursday endorsed polio shots for children instead of the oral vaccine because of the very small chance that the oral dose can lead to a polio infection.

13.   The Thai women were given AZT for three to four weeks at the end of their pregnancy, plus an oral dose during delivery.

14.   Twenty-five transsexual men who have been taking high oral doses of estrogen to make them female-like will take part in the study.

15.   Older women who take oral doses of estrogen are less likely than those who have never taken the hormone to develop hip osteoarthritis, according to a recent study.