drug cocktail
Multiple drugs together
A drug cocktail is a combination of multiple medications taken together, typically to treat a complex condition.
The term gained prominence with HIV/AIDS treatment, where combinations of antiretroviral drugs proved more effective than single medications: The drug cocktail transformed HIV from a death sentence to a manageable condition.
The phrase extends to any therapeutic regimen involving multiple drugs—for cancer, mental illness, or chronic disease.
- mixtureCombined but unbonded substances
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- polypharmacyUsing numerous drugs concurrently
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
treatment · antiretroviral · HIV · medications · prescription · pill mill · overdose · lethal · injection · intravenous · speedball · party · recreational · sedative · stimulant · opioid · benzodiazepine · synergy
- HIV/AIDSHIV, AIDS, AIDS crisis, AIDS quilt, antiretrovirals
- drug comboscombination therapy, triple therapy, polypharmacy
drug cocktailwatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
natural remedies · placebo · abstention · holistic treatment