ACT

Arabic translation: العلاج التوليفي القائمة على مادة الأرتيميسينين

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English term or phrase:ACT
Arabic translation:العلاج التوليفي القائمة على مادة الأرتيميسينين
Entered by: Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh

11:32 Jul 24, 2009
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
English term or phrase: ACT
First fixed dose ACT for small children
Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
Syria
Local time: 00:23
العلاج التوليفي القائمة على مادة الأرتيميسينين
Explanation:
الجرعة الأولية الثابتة من العلاج التوليفي القائم على مادة الأرتيميسينين لصغار الأطفال/الأطفال الرضع

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-24 13:37:59 GMT)
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العلاج التوليفي القائم على مادة الأرتيميسينين

Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT)

Currently artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended for the treatment of P. falciparum malaria. Fast acting artemisinin-based compounds are combined with a drug from a different class. Companion drugs include lumefantrine, mefloquine, amodiaquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, piperaquine and chlorproguanil/dapsone. Artemisinin derivatives include dihydroartemisinin, artesunate and artemether. Implementation of the recommendation to use ACTs is limited by the small number of available and affordable co-formulated anti-malarial drugs, but most countries are now starting to implement this regimen. A co-formulated drug is one, in which two different drugs are combined in one tablet; this is important to ensure both drugs are used.

http://www.malariaconsortium.org/page.php?id=112

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-24 13:44:38 GMT)
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Artemisinin (pronounced /ɑrtɨˈmɪsɨnɨn/) is a drug used to treat multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria. The compound (a sesquiterpene lactone) is isolated from the plant Artemisia annua. Not all plants of this species contain artemisinin. Apparently it is only produced when the plant is subjected to certain conditions, most likely biotic or abiotic stress. It can be synthesized from artemisinic acid.[1] The drug is derived from a herb used in Chinese traditional medicine, though it is usually chemically modified and combined with other medications.

Use of the drug by itself as a monotherapy is explicitly discouraged by the World Health Organization as there have been signs that malarial parasites are developing resistance to the drug. Combination therapies that include artemisinin are the preferred treatment for malaria and are both effective and well tolerated in patients. The drug is also being studied as a treatment for cancer.
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Fathy Shehatto
Egypt
Local time: 23:23
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Summary of answers provided
5لها تأثير سيئ
Mohamed Kamel
5العلاج التوليفي القائمة على مادة الأرتيميسينين
Fathy Shehatto
4Adreno Cortico Torpic hormone هرمون الغده الدرقيه
md_3_1


  

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act
لها تأثير سيئ


Explanation:
MK

Mohamed Kamel
Egypt
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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act
Adreno Cortico Torpic hormone هرمون الغده الدرقيه


Explanation:
Most probably it is an abbreviation for a medication used in children like (Adreno Cortico Torpic hormone)

md_3_1
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act
العلاج التوليفي القائمة على مادة الأرتيميسينين


Explanation:
الجرعة الأولية الثابتة من العلاج التوليفي القائم على مادة الأرتيميسينين لصغار الأطفال/الأطفال الرضع

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-24 13:37:59 GMT)
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العلاج التوليفي القائم على مادة الأرتيميسينين

Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT)

Currently artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended for the treatment of P. falciparum malaria. Fast acting artemisinin-based compounds are combined with a drug from a different class. Companion drugs include lumefantrine, mefloquine, amodiaquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, piperaquine and chlorproguanil/dapsone. Artemisinin derivatives include dihydroartemisinin, artesunate and artemether. Implementation of the recommendation to use ACTs is limited by the small number of available and affordable co-formulated anti-malarial drugs, but most countries are now starting to implement this regimen. A co-formulated drug is one, in which two different drugs are combined in one tablet; this is important to ensure both drugs are used.

http://www.malariaconsortium.org/page.php?id=112

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-24 13:44:38 GMT)
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Artemisinin (pronounced /ɑrtɨˈmɪsɨnɨn/) is a drug used to treat multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria. The compound (a sesquiterpene lactone) is isolated from the plant Artemisia annua. Not all plants of this species contain artemisinin. Apparently it is only produced when the plant is subjected to certain conditions, most likely biotic or abiotic stress. It can be synthesized from artemisinic acid.[1] The drug is derived from a herb used in Chinese traditional medicine, though it is usually chemically modified and combined with other medications.

Use of the drug by itself as a monotherapy is explicitly discouraged by the World Health Organization as there have been signs that malarial parasites are developing resistance to the drug. Combination therapies that include artemisinin are the preferred treatment for malaria and are both effective and well tolerated in patients. The drug is also being studied as a treatment for cancer.


    Reference: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr23/ar/in...
Fathy Shehatto
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Local time: 23:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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