pharmacotherapy

American  

[fahr-muh-koh-ther-uh-pee] / ˌfɑr mə koʊˈθɛr ə pi /

noun

1. the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.

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Etymology

Origin of pharmacotherapy

First recorded in 1905–10; pharmaco- + therapy

Example Sentences

Gabapentin helps many patients, and most tolerate it well, said Kirk Evoy, a clinical associate professor of pharmacotherapy and translational sciences at the University of Texas at Austin who studies gabapentin misuse.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to a 2017 study in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology, the manufacturing process “represents a new advancement in the pharmacotherapy” and guarantees the absence of active proteins and peptides that could cause immune reactions.

From Salon

Their study also explains why the cancer cells are resistant and how this resistance can be overcome: through concomitant pharmacotherapy or genetically improved CAR T-cells.

From Science Daily

"For patients who had been hospitalized for coronary artery disease or heart failure and who had diagnoses of anxiety or depression, treatment with psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy or a combination of the two was associated with as much as a 75% reduction in hospitalizations or emergency room visits. In some cases, there was a reduction in death," said lead study author Philip Binkley, M.D.,

From Science Daily

Details of the researchers' breakthrough were published in the journal Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy on January 2, 2024.

From Science Daily