pharmacotherapy, n. Med.
(ˌfɑːməkəʊˈθɛrəpɪ)
[f. pharmaco- + therapy n.]
The treatment of illness, injury, etc. with drugs.
| 1903 Stedman Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 23) 864/1 Pharmacotherapy, treatment by drugs. 1965 Current Therapeutic Res. VII. 786 One woman, who had not been on maintenance pharmacotherapy, became very disturbed during the fourth month of her pregnancy. 1979 Nature 24 May 341/1 Cardiac glycosides derived from plants have a major role in the pharmacotherapy of cardiac disease. 1986 Gen. Hospital Psychiatry VIII. 127/1 His phobia was treated successfully with pharmacotherapy, behavior therapy, and psychotherapy. |