combination therapy
Multiple drugs together
Combination therapy is medical treatment using two or more drugs or methods simultaneously, typically to attack a disease through multiple mechanisms.
The approach is standard in treating cancer, HIV, and tuberculosis, where single agents often fail or promote resistance: The oncologist recommended combination therapy with three different drugs.
- polypharmacyUsing numerous drugs concurrently
- drug cocktailMultiple medications given together
- cancer treatmentMedical intervention for malignancy
- clinical trialsControlled health research experiments
- drug interactionsSubstances altering each other's effects
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