multidrug
Multiple medication combination
Multidrug appears as a modifier describing something involving multiple drugs, nearly always in medical contexts.
Multidrug resistance occurs when bacteria or cancer cells stop responding to several medications.
A multidrug regimen combines multiple medications in treatment.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global health concern.
Adhering to requirements
- polypharmacyUsing numerous drugs concurrently
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
titration · escalation · de-escalation · individualization · co-morbidities
Reasons to avoid treatment
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
- pharmacokineticsDrug fate in body
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
cytochrome · CYP450 · antagonistic · potentiation · inhibition · induction · clearance · half-life
Prescribed course of treatment
- cocktailMixed alcoholic beverage
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- adjunctiveServing as supplement
- concomitantAccompanying circumstance or condition
sequential · maintenance · induction · consolidation · first-line · second-line · chemotherapy · immunotherapy
Drug-resistant staph infection
- superbugsAntibiotic-immune bacteria
- cross-resistanceTolerance extending across related agents
- plasmidsCircular extrachromosomal DNA elements
- conjugationVerb form variation system
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- polypharmacyUsing numerous drugs concurrently
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
monitoring · titration · escalation · de-escalation · individualization · co-morbidities
contraindications
Reasons to avoid treatment
- side-effectsSecondary, unintended outcomes
- pharmacokineticsDrug fate in body
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
metabolism · cytochrome · CYP450 · antagonistic · potentiation · inhibition · induction · clearance · half-life · absorption
regimen
Prescribed course of treatment
- cocktailMixed alcoholic beverage
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- adjunctiveServing as supplement
concomitant · sequential · maintenance · induction · consolidation · first-line · second-line · chemotherapy · immunotherapy · synergistic
MRSA
Drug-resistant staph infection
- superbugsAntibiotic-immune bacteria
- cross-resistanceTolerance extending across related agents
- plasmidsCircular extrachromosomal DNA elements
conjugation · transduction · transformation · mutations · susceptibility
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