drug therapy
Medicine-based healing approach
Drug therapy is the treatment of disease or medical conditions with pharmaceutical medications rather than surgery, radiation, or other interventions.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts: The patient responded well to drug therapy.
It can specify a particular regimen: combination drug therapy for HIV, drug therapy for depression.
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- pill bottleMedication storage container
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
- off-label useMedication outside approved purpose
transdermal patch · adverse reactions · blood thinner · intravenous injection · pills · pain management · intramuscular injection · clinical trials · prescription · cure · capsules · dosage · maintenance dose · healing · patient · symptoms · recovery · regimen
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- therapiesphysiotherapy, psychotherapy, cryotherapy, PT, hydrotherapy
- treatmentstreatment, treatments, medication, medicine, therapies
- medical treatmentschemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery, dialysis, transplant
- cancer treatmentchemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, cancer surgery
- psychiatric carepsychotherapy, psychiatry, psychiatrist, medication, CBT
drug therapysurgery
Invasive medical procedure
surgical intervention · radiation therapy · radiotherapy · surgical treatment · physical therapy
drug therapywatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
observation · letting nature take its course · comfort care · palliative care
drug therapynatural remedies
Non-pharmaceutical healing approaches
herbal medicine · homeopathy · acupuncture · naturopathy · holistic therapy