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Which term describes the treatment of disease using drugs, surgery, radiation, behavioral modification, and other modalities?
Which term describes the treatment of disease using drugs, surgery, radiation, behavioral modification, and other modalities?
- Chemotherapy
- Therapeutics (correct)
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacotherapy
What is the definition of pharmacology?
What is the definition of pharmacology?
- The study of drugs and their effects on living systems (correct)
- The use of drugs other than food to affect the structure or function of the body
- The use of drugs in the treatment of disease
- The selective inhibition or destruction of specific agents of disease
What is the definition of a drug?
What is the definition of a drug?
- Any substance that affects the properties of drugs
- Any article other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body (correct)
- Any substance that selectively inhibits or destroys specific agents of disease
- Any article intended to be used in diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans and animals
What does pharmacotherapy refer to?
What does pharmacotherapy refer to?
What do chemotherapy drugs selectively inhibit or destroy?
What do chemotherapy drugs selectively inhibit or destroy?
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Therapeutics definition
Therapeutics definition
Treatment of disease using various methods like drugs, surgery, radiation, and behavioral modification.
Pharmacology definition
Pharmacology definition
Study of drugs and their effects on organisms.
Drug definition
Drug definition
Substances (not food) intended to alter body structure or function.
Pharmacotherapy purpose
Pharmacotherapy purpose
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Chemotherapy drug effect
Chemotherapy drug effect
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Study Notes
Treatment of Disease
- Treatment of disease using drugs, surgery, radiation, behavioral modification, and other modalities is referred to as therapy.
Pharmacology
- Pharmacology is the study of the effects of drugs on living organisms, including the therapeutic effects and the adverse effects.
Definition of a Drug
- A drug is any substance that, when ingested, inhaled, injected, or applied, affects the body's function or structure.
Pharmacotherapy
- Pharmacotherapy refers to the treatment of disease or illness using drugs.
Chemotherapy
- Chemotherapy drugs selectively inhibit or destroy cancer cells.
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