1.  Treatment should be started with a small dose.

2.  You will let me know of course if you think it better to discontinue this when I start the new treatment.

3.  The follow up for morbidity of gastric cancer shows increased risks in the years after starting cimetidine treatment.

4.  Shortly after admission he developed a tracheo-oesophageal fistula from which he died before treatment could be started.

5.  This is known to be a life threatening condition and antibiotic treatment was started while awaiting bacterial cultures of the biopsy specimens and gastric contents.

6.  In all three groups, dietary assessments were made before starting treatment and again at each follow up visit.

7.  Two patients had very high insulin concentrations before starting treatment, suggesting that they were not adequately fasted.

8.  Before treatment was started, clinical disease severity was assessed using a simple disease activity index.

9.  Before starting treatment patients were talked to and were given an information sheet on the basic concepts of the pathophysiology of H pylori infection.

10.  Lexie McConnell died six weeks after starting steroid treatment for an eye infection.