When DNA replication starts, one primer is needed at the start of the leading strand. The lagging strand will need new primers regularly, and they mark the start of the stretches known as Okazaki fragments.
The recommended dose of Alimta is 500 mg/m2 administered as an intravenous infusion over 10 minutes on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle. The recommended dose of cisplatin is 75 mg/m2 infused over 2 hours beginning approximately 30 minutes after the end of Alimta administration. See cisplatin package insert for more information.
Your health care team may give you chemotherapy at the clinic, doctor's office, or hospital. With some types of chemotherapy, you might take the drugs at home. How long does chemotherapy take? Chemotherapy is often given for a specific time, such as 6 months or a year. Or you might received chemotherapy for as long as it works. Side effects from many drugs are too severe to give treatment every day.