prophylactic

That is why these prophylactics must continue to be taken for four weeks after leaving the area of risk.

To prevent this condition, a prophylactic is used for six months after the operation.

So It appears even though radiation can be a serious health risk there are prophylactics available.

It is also highly recommended that people take prophylactics against malaria.

There is no better prophylactic against magic than lead.

You'd reel in, and five or six prophylactics would be caught on your line."

In the court's federalism debate, "prophylactic" is a fighting word.

The free prophylactics come in all conceivable shapes, sizes and colors.

He had not even thought about the prophylactics he always carried in his wallet.

Malaria prophylactics are a subject of some controversy; each family should decide what's right for them with their own doctors.

And other drugs - especially malaria prophylactics, may need to be trialled before you go.

He'd been with Herb less than two minutes when the prophylactic sailed his way and struck him in the forehead.

Mario reached back to his wallet and slapped the emergency prophylactic always there into George's hand.

Surprisingly, tobacco smoke was regarded as an effective prophylactic against the plague.

Those pre-war precautions were prophylactics against a kind of attack that never happened."

Prophylactics are available - but expensive - in Kathmandu.

She said the condom does not seem to pose a problem for men who reject prophylactics because they undermine their sexual performance.

Children devote slavish attention to these things, but can't be bothered with prophylactics.

One spot showed a boy walking into a pharmacy to buy prophylactics, only to face a beautiful woman druggist.

Tam would have been the first high school in California to dispense prophylactics without parent approval.

Misuse of antibiotics in prophylactics or in therapy can never replace good management.

Causal prophylactics target not only the blood stages of malaria, but the initial liver stage as well.

In North America condoms are also commonly known as prophylactics, or rubbers.

The continuing poor state of the few roads up here is deliberate: a perfect prophylactic against coach parties and mass tourism.

My dreams while I was taking mefloquine, a malaria prophylactic, were not nearly that bad.

Prophylactic drugs can prevent many, but not all, cases of it.

But to be a year early in taking prophylactic measures does no harm."

Take a prophylactic regimen best suited to your health profile.

But prophylactic antibiotics are of limited benefit if started more than three weeks after someone has been exposed.

Prophylactic surgery is discussed as an option, not a recommendation.

Prophylactic mastectomy is also an option for a woman with cancer in one breast.

Prophylactic treatment is recommended for travelers to those countries.

Many countries impose strict prophylactic rules to prevent the spread of the disease.

Prophylactic treatments are also used to care for preterm infants.

Prophylactic treatment, however, resulted in average costs of $300,000 per year.

Prophylactic surgery looks promising, though its long-term effects - physical and psychological - are not known.

Prophylactic mastectomy to reduce the risk of breast cancer is an option.

Where such grazing is not available, prophylactic treatments should be repeated until autumn or marketing.

Prophylactic treatment is helpful in a different way.

Prophylactic braces are used primarily by athletes participating in contact sports.

You are strongly encouraged to take prophylactic medications to prevent malaria.

She is now taking prophylactic penicillin, an approach that is also controversial.

If they are carriers, should they have prophylactic mastectomies too?

Women who test positive should be given prophylactic antibiotics during labor, which will usually prevent transmission to the infant.

"Prior to getting the result it was unthinkable for me to do prophylactic mastectomy," Suzanne said.

One mastectomy was performed and, six months later, a second, prophylactic one, followed.

Prophylactic measures should be taken by tourists who travel to this region, especially those who do so during the summer.

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You should label the finished product with reference to its antiseptic or prophylactic qualities.

Recommendations for issues that might arise in association with immediate prophylactic intervention also have been summarized (Table 3).