drug therapy
1Drug therapy problems — is a categorization of drug problems, in the field of Pharmaceutical care. However it can also be used as a definition of the specific manners in which drug therapy can cause problems. These problems are then identified, prevented, and resolved… …
2drug therapy — pharmacotherapy …
3Drug-eluting stent — Intervention An example of a drug eluting stent. This is the TAXUS Express2 Paclitaxel Eluting Coronary Stent System, which releases paclitaxel. ICD 9 CM …
4drug use — Introduction use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …
5Drug, antithyroid — A drug directed against the thyroid gland. The antithyroid drugs include carbimazole, methimazole, and propylthiouracil (PTU). These drugs are used to treat hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland) in order to reduce the excessive… …
6therapy */*/ — UK [ˈθerəpɪ] / US noun Word forms therapy : singular therapy plural therapies 1) [countable/uncountable] a form of treatment for an illness or medical condition Massage is one of the oldest therapies. drug therapy 2) a) [uncountable] a form of… …
7therapy — ther|a|py [ θerəpi ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a form of treatment for an illness or medical condition: Massage is one of the oldest therapies. drug therapy 2. ) uncount a form of treatment for someone with mental illness or emotional… …
8therapy — [[t]θe̱rəpi[/t]] ♦♦♦ therapies 1) N UNCOUNT Therapy is the treatment of someone with mental or physical illness without the use of drugs or operations. In therapy, she began to let go of her obsession with Mike... He is having therapy to conquer… …
9drug resistance — Property of a disease causing organism that allows it to withstand drug therapy. In any population of infectious agents, some have a mutation that helps them resist the action of a drug. The drug then kills more of the nonresistant microbes,… …
10Drug rehabilitation — Intervention ICD 9 CM 94.64 Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is a term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so… …
