61. The journal published a study revealing that enalapril, a standard treatment for chronic heart failure, was less helpful to blacks than to whites. 62. The medications, called neuroleptics, have been standard treatments for schizophrenia for decades. 63. The newly approved treatment, known as Rebetron, works far better than sole standard treatment. 64. The ones on cyclophosphamide plus the platinum-containing drug, the standard treatment, averaged two years. 65. The remaining patients received standard treatment. 66. The report comes at a time when growing competition from managed care is increasing pressure on American health care providers to justify costs for many standard treatments. 67. The standard treatment includes the blood-thinning drug heparin and aspirin. 68. The standard treatment for neuropathic pain in recent years has been with an older class of antidepressants called tricyclics. 69. The standard treatment for such injuries is bed rest, painkillers and a back brace, but it can take weeks for the pain to subside. 70. The standard treatment is either a bone marrow transplant, which carries high risk, or interferon, a drug with several severe side effects. |