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- adjective That is not able to be
absorbed ; notabsorbable
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Examples
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About 40 percent of the patients who took rifaximin, a nonabsorbable antibiotic that stays in the gut, showed sustained relief during the two weeks they took the drug and during the 10-week follow-up period.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Bacteria M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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About 40 percent of the patients who took rifaximin, a nonabsorbable antibiotic that stays in the gut, showed sustained relief during the two weeks they took the drug and during the 10-week follow-up period.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Bacteria M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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"Potential generic competitors would find it challenging to demonstrate bioequivalence to a nonabsorbable drug," he says.
DailyFinance Gene Marcial 2010
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More than 1,200 patients participated in the Phase III, double-blind, multi-center studies of rifaximin, a nonabsorbable antibiotic that stays in the gut and is currently FDA-approved to treat traveler's diarrhea and hepatic encephalopathy.
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Slide 21: Operative Technique: Conventional Abdominal Approach • Hill suture plication: 3 interrupted nonabsorbable sutures between lesser curve of the stomach and preaortic fascia • Stamm gastrostomy: 2 functions 1.
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Slide 21: Operative Technique: Conventional Abdominal Approach • Hill suture plication: 3 interrupted nonabsorbable sutures between lesser curve of the stomach and preaortic fascia • Stamm gastrostomy: 2 functions 1.
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Carry out nerve anastomosis under a microscope, using 8-0 nonabsorbable sutures in
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"A controlled trial in intensive care units of selective decontamination of the digestive tract with nonabsorbable antibiotics.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Robert Badgett 2008
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