drug therapy, combination

Preferred Label : drug therapy, combination;

MeSH definition : Therapy with two or more separate preparations given for a combined effect.;

MeSH synonym : therapy, combination drug; combination chemotherapy; Drug Polytherapy; Drug Polytherapies; Polytherapies, Drug; therapies, combination drug; Polytherapy, Drug; chemotherapy, combination; chemotherapies, combination; combination chemotherapies; combination drug therapy; combination drug therapies; drug therapies, combination;

MeSH hyponym : polychemotherapy; Polychemotherapies;

MeSH annotation : IM when general; NIM when with specific drugs; differentiate from DRUG COMBINATIONS which is single preparation of multiple drugs; note entry term POLYCHEMOTHERAPY: do not confuse with POLYPHARMACY which is available for the use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient;

Details

Origin ID

D004359;

UMLS CUI

C0013218;

ATC code(s)
- bisphosphonates, combinations [ATC Code]
ATC code(s)
- alendronic acid and alfacalcidol, sequential [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Combination Medication [NCIt concept]
- Drug Combinations [DeCS]
- Medication assessed [LOINC component]
- Polychemotherapy [NCIt concept]
- drug combination [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Combination Drug Therapy [NCIt concept]
Indexing information
- atovaquone, proguanil drug combination [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- drug therapy, combination [MeSH concept]
- polychemotherapy [MeSH concept]
See also
- antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug combinations [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug synergism [MeSH Descriptor]
- polypharmacy [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- anesthetics, combined [MeSH Descriptor]
- combined modality therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- contraceptives, oral, combined [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug interactions [MeSH Descriptor]
- vaccines, combined [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Combination Chemotherapy [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Combination Drug Therapy [NCIt concept]

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