pharmacotherapyincluding
Pharmacotherapy refers to the use of drugs to prevent, diagnose, or treat disease and to improve health outcomes. It encompasses selecting appropriate medications, determining doses, routes of administration, and duration of therapy, and it relies on evidence from clinical research and guidelines. Pharmacotherapy may be used across acute care, chronic disease management, infectious disease control, and preventive medicine.
Central concepts include pharmacodynamics (what the drug does to the body) and pharmacokinetics (what the body
Applications span many fields. Antibiotics for infections, antihypertensives and antidiabetics for chronic disease management, psychotropic medications
Safety and regulation are central to pharmacotherapy. Adverse drug reactions, interactions, and polypharmacy can complicate treatment,