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Pharmacotherapy. Pharmacotherapy, also known as pharmacological therapy or drug therapy, is defined as medical treatment that utilizes one or more pharmaceutical drugs to improve ongoing symptoms (symptomatic relief), treat the underlying condition, or act as a prevention for other diseases ( prophylaxis ). [ 1]
Drug checking. Drug checking or pill testing is a way to reduce the harm from drug consumption by allowing users to find out the content and purity of substances that they intend to consume. This enables users to make safer choices: to avoid more dangerous substances, to use smaller quantities, and to avoid dangerous combinations.
Specialty drugs or specialty pharmaceuticals are a recent designation of pharmaceuticals [ 1][ 2] classified as high-cost, [ 3][ 4][ 5] high complexity and/or high touch. [ 4] Specialty drugs are often biologics [ 3][ 6] —"drugs derived from living cells" [ 7] that are injectable or infused (although some are oral medications). [ 4]
Definition. Medication is a medicine or a chemical compound used to treat or cure illness. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, medication is "a substance used in treating a disease or relieving pain ". [ 3] As defined by the National Cancer Institute, dosage forms of medication can include tablets, capsules, liquids, creams, and patches.
Classification. The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines medical cannabis as "using the whole, unprocessed marijuana plant or its basic extracts to treat symptoms of illness and other conditions". [ 14] A cannabis plant includes more than 400 different chemicals, of which about 70 are cannabinoids. [ 15]
94.64. [ edit on Wikidata] The 2010 ISCD study "Drug Harms in the UK: a multi-criteria decision analysis " found that alcohol scored highest overall and in Economic cost, Injury, Family adversities, Environmental damage, and Community harm. Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on ...
In medical technologies, J&J's major franchises include interventional solutions, orthopedics, surgery, and vision. [1] Heart and Cardiac. Abiomed. Ear, nose and throat ( Acclarent) (2010–2024) Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilation System [2] Navigation Balloon Dilation System [3]
t. e. Personalized medicine, also referred to as precision medicine, is a medical model that separates people into different groups —with medical decisions, practices, interventions and/or products being tailored to the individual patient based on their predicted response or risk of disease. [ 1] The terms personalized medicine, precision ...