pharmacotherapy

Noun

Meaning

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pharmacotherapy (plural pharmacotherapies)

(medicine) The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

treatment medication physiotherapy naturopathy actinotherapy pharmacokinetics pharmacodynamics dosimetry pharmacological pharmacologic

Examples

A course of therapy may happen before, during or after pharmacotherapy (e.g. taking psychiatric medication ). Source: Internet

Although psychiatrists are trained to deliver therapy/counseling services as well as pharmacotherapy (i.e., medication), most people choose to see psychiatrists if they want to have their mental health problems addressed through medication. Source: Internet

Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of medical oncology (the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer). Source: Internet

Options may include pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or light therapy. Source: Internet

To date, methadone maintenance therapy has been the most systematically studied and most successful, and most politically polarizing, of any pharmacotherapy for the treatment of drug addiction patients. Source: Internet

"An update on the pharmacotherapy of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pharmacotherapeutically pharmacotherapeutics pharmacotherapist pharmacotoxicity pharmacotoxicological pharmacotoxicology