le médicament de première intention

English translation: first-line drug

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French term or phrase:	le médicament de première intention
English translation:	first-line drug
Entered by:	Michael Lotz

12:44 Aug 12, 2006

French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology

French term or phrase: le médicament de première intention

I know this is a fairly common medical term, but I can´t, for the life of me, remember the English equivalent.

Anthony Baldwin KudoZ activity Questions: 37 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 74 United States
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first line drug

Explanation:
usual expression for that...

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-08-12 14:00:31 GMT)
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more often with hyphen:
"first-line drug"

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Michael Lotz
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first line drug

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