Pharmacy

Pharmacy

1) The science and practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs. 2) A store where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold.

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Adjunctive therapy

Health care; Pharmacy

Inclusion of a treatment that can affect the study outcome, but is equally distributed between both the intervention and control groups (e.g., controlled diet in a study measures lipid reduction ...

Differential misclassification

Health care; Pharmacy

Incorrect categorization of the status of subjects with regard to one variable (eg, exposure) that is influenced by other characteristics of interest (eg, disease status).

Empiric treatment

Health care; Pharmacy

In the context of infectious illness, the initiation of an antibiotic treatment against a spectrum of suspected potential pathogens, in the absence of a documented specific pathogen(s).

Dechallenge

Health care; Pharmacy

In relation to adverse drug reactions, this occurs when the drug is taken away or the dose is reduced and the patient is monitored to determine if the ADR abates or decreases in intensity.