How to Use replacement therapy in a Sentence

replacement therapy

noun
  • Many users of nicotine replacement therapies stay on them for years or decades.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Hormone replacement therapy comes with risks of its own, since long-term use may increase the chances of stroke, blood clots or heart attack.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 20 May 2022
  • Testosterone replacement therapy in men with FVL does increase the risk of blood clots in some studies, but not in others.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Hormone replacement therapy cools hot flashes in more than 90% of those who take it.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 May 2023
  • Around 2007, the family learnt of an enzyme replacement therapy available for Pompe’s in the US.
    Johanna Deeksha, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2022
  • These 10 books are replacement therapy: This fall TV season is bleak.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Research is mixed on whether nicotine replacement therapies like the patch and gum will help pregnant women, Maulik said.
    Kelsey Ryan and Andy Marso, kansascity, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The demand for testosterone replacement therapy has tripled in recent years, and the demand for the service has led to the establishment of clinics.
    Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • In 2003, the FDA approved the first treatment for Fabry, an enzyme replacement therapy.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 10 July 2023
  • But Vidya was also told that there was a way to improve his quality of life—enzyme replacement therapy.
    Johanna Deeksha, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Nicotine replacement therapies—like the nicotine patch, gum, and lozenges—are safe and effective for adults who want to quit smoking cigarettes.
    Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Hormone replacement therapy contains female hormones and is used to replace those that your body makes less of leading up to or after menopause.
    Danielle Wilhour, Fortune Well, 9 Aug. 2023
  • If your testosterone is low, is testosterone replacement therapy the answer?
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2018
  • There are no nicotine replacement therapies approved by the FDA for kids under age 18, though some doctors do prescribe them off-label.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • For adults, nicotine replacement therapies are simply available over the counter.
    Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Testosterone replacement therapy is one such treatment that can be used to help increase testosterone levels in men with low testosterone.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • For one, the evidence is stronger that nicotine replacement therapy, or NRT, is effective in helping adults quit.
    Kat Eschner, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Avoid over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies like lozenges, gum or patches, which haven’t been fully tested on people under 18.
    Betsy McKay, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2018
  • Nicotine replacement therapies are a multibillion-dollar industry of gum and lozenges and patches and inhalers that are often known by the brand name Nicorette.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Brenan started hormone-replacement therapy a few weeks before the Covid-19 lockdown began in our state this spring.
    Lauren Rowello, Marie Claire, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Bueso saw health improvements with the new drug, Naglazyme, an enzyme replacement therapy.
    Sophie Haigney, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2018
  • Alam takes a relatively low dose of 50mg per week split between two injections (or about half the standard dose used in testosterone-replacement therapy).
    Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Which is why the state is engaged in a concerted effort to steer vapors toward nicotine replacement therapies.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Testosterone replacement therapy can help, but if your levels get too high, your sleep duration will suffer.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 17 Feb. 2023
  • One small study from last year found that 80% of people who used e-cigs to quit real cigs were still vaping a year later, compared to just 9% of people who used other nicotine-replacement therapies.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Hormone replacement therapy, for example, used to be the gold-standard treatment for menopausal women struggling with symptoms such as hot flashes and mood changes.
    Amitha Kalaichandran, Wired, 3 June 2021
  • That’s why the Food and Drug Administration has approved nicotine replacement therapies like gum, lozenges, and patches.
    Rachel Becker, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2018
  • Testosterone replacement therapy is commonly prescribed to men in their 70s and 80s.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2022
  • One study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that e-cigarettes were more effective than other nicotine-replacement therapies at helping users quit.
    Wired, 9 Sep. 2019
  • You may be prescribed testosterone replacement therapy, and doctors will recheck your levels and talk to you about symptoms regularly.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 12 Feb. 2023

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