Appetite benign

In addition to its use as a contraceptive, medroxyprogesterone acetate has also been used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, in which intermediate doses (for example 150 mg) are used (5), and to stimulate the appetite in patients receiving palliative care for cancer, although little published work can be found to support the latter indication. 

Gestonorone (17-hydroxy-19-norprogesterone) has been used in doses of 200 mg intramuscularly weekly for benign prostatic hyperplasia (3). Mild adverse effects included loss of appetite and mild fever, but more remarkable were significant reductions in erythrocyte count, hemoglobin, and hematocrit, which normalized after drug withdrawal (4). 

Chickenpox is caused by varicella-zoster virus. Every year, about 3.5 million people in the United Slates, mostly children. contract chickenpox. The incidence peaks between 3 and 9 years of age. Chickenpox causes a generalized rash, with 300 to 500 blister-like lesions occurring on the scalp, face, and trunk. Symptoms include loss of appetite, malaise, and headache. The disease is usually benign but can lead lo bacterial superinfection, pneumonia, encephalitis, and Reye s syndrome. About 5(1 to 100 previously healthy children die of the diseu.se. About 2% of all cases occur in adults, w ho have more serious symptoms than children have. 

Benign familial hypercalduria, polyuria, polydipsia, loss of K and appetite, somnolence, heart-rhythm disturbances... 

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