Definition of pharmacotherapy in English:
pharmacotherapy
noun ˌfɑːməkə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpiˌfärməkōˈTHerəpē
mass nounMedical treatment by means of drugs.
Example sentencesExamples
- Stein and colleagues searched for published and unpublished trials of pharmacotherapy for treatment of social phobia.
- If symptoms are severe enough to prevent effective trauma-focused therapy, pharmacotherapy is warranted as a next step.
- Although people commonly think of a placebo as a component of pharmacotherapy, the placebo effect may also exert powerful effects on surgical outcomes.
- If weight loss does not occur within the first four weeks of pharmacotherapy, the medication or its dosage should be reevaluated.
- We have moved from an era of inappropriate prostatectomy for nocturia and other irritative symptoms by urologists to one of inappropriate pharmacotherapy by general practitioners, at massive cost.