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Polypharmacotherapy

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polypharmacynoun(medicine) The use of multiple drugs to treat multiple concurrent disorders in the same (now especially elderly) patient, chiefly with connotations of indiscriminate or excessive prescription (involving overmedication and overprescription).
polypharmaceutical(pharmacology) Containing several drugs
polypharmacologynounThe presence of multiple pharmacologies (targets, modes of action etc) in a single drug
polypharmacistnoun(medicine) A person who prescribes multiple drugs for multiple concurrent disorders
polymedicationnounMedication (typically self-medication) with many different drugs
pharmacotherapynoun(medicine) The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
monopharmacotherapynounpharmacotherapy using a single pharmaceutical
bitherapynoun(medicine) Treatment with two (or more) pharmaceutical drugs
cotreatmentnoun(medicine) treatment with two or more agents simultaneously
polychrestnoun(medicine) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
polychemotherapynounChemotherapy involving several different drugs.
psychopharmacotherapynoun(medicine) Treatment of psychiatric disorders through the use of medications.
pharmacotherapeuticsnounThe use of pharmacotherapy.
polydrugsnounMultiple drugs, taken recreationally.
pharmacomanagementnoun(medicine) The management of the prescription and use of pharmaceutical drugs
polypillnoun(often specifically) Any of a class of such pills for reduction of cardiovascular risk, some for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in healthy people and some for secondary prevention (preventing strokes and heart attacks) in those who already have cardiovascular disease.
psychopharmaceutical(pharmacology) Any drug used to treat a psychosis or similar disorder
polyabusenoundrug abuse of more than one kind of drug
pharmacoprophylaxisnoun(medicine) pharmaceutical prophylaxis
pharmacomanianounAn obsession with, or addiction to, taking drugs

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