1) Medical treatment 2) Sleep disorder
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[sleep phase] In chronotherapy, an attempt is made to move bedtime and rising time later and later each day, around the clock, until the person is sleeping on a normal schedule. This treatment can be used by people with delayed sleep phase disorder who generally cannot reset their circadian rhythm by moving their bedtime and rising time ear...
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[treatment scheduling] Chronotherapy refers to the use of circadian or other rhythmic cycles in the application of therapy. Examples of this are treatments of psychiatric and somatic diseases that are administered according to a schedule that corresponds to a person`s rhythms in order to maximize effectiveness and minimize side effects of t...
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The adaptation of the administration of drugs to circadian rhythms. The concept is based on the response of biological functions to time-related events, such as the low point in epinephrine levels between 10 p.m. And 4 a.m. Or the elevated histamine levels between midnight and 4 a.m. The treatment is aimed at supporting normal rhythms or modifying ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kron′ō-thār′ă-pē Definitions: 1. The practice of administering chemotherapy at certain times of the day that are thought to be optimal for enhanced activity or lessened toxicity.
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chronotherapy, chronotherapeutics 1. Treatments of diseases that work in harmony with the body’s natural time rhythms, such as when patients are given drugs at the optimum time in their day cycle of cell growth. 2. Coordinating biological rhythms (chronobiology) with medical treatment includes a person’s biological rhythms in determining ...
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chronotherapy The treatment of certain sleep disorders by capitalizing on the natural phase delay in adults; the bedtime is successively advanced by one to several hours each day until the individual can retire, sleep, and arise at appropriate times.
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a treatment for insomnia in which a person's normal cycle of waking and sleeping is altered.
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