Structured Summary
Abstract
The use of DRUGS to treat a DISEASE or its symptoms. One example is the use of ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS to treat CANCER.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Adjuvant Chemotherapy
- Antineoplastic Protocols
- Chelation Therapy
- Chemoprevention
- Chemoradiotherapy
- Combination Drug Therapy
- Computer-Assisted Drug Therapy
- Consolidation Chemotherapy
- COVID-19 Drug Treatment
- Deprescriptions
- Drug Administration Routes
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Drug Delivery Systems
- Drug Dosage Calculations
- Drug Prescriptions
- Drug Tapering
- Electrochemotherapy
- Enema
- Enzyme Therapy
- Fluid Therapy
- Home Infusion Therapy
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Inappropriate Prescribing
- Induction Chemotherapy
- Maintenance Chemotherapy
- Medication Errors
- Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Opiate Substitution Treatment
- Orthomolecular Therapy
- Photochemotherapy
- Pleurodesis
- Polypharmacy
- Premedication
- Sclerotherapy
- Self Administration
- Self Medication
- Thrombolytic Therapy
MeSH Qualifier
Used as a Subheading
Drug Therapy is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000188), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:
Used with disease headings for the treatment of disease by the administration of drugs, chemicals, and antibiotics. For diet therapy and radiotherapy, use specific subheadings. Excludes immunotherapy for which therapy is used.
- Qualifier ID
- Q000188
- Qualifier Tree
- Y11.020
Indexing annotation
subhead only; includes treatment or prevention by drugs & chemicals; includes therapy with antibiotics; not for immunotherapy nor for tissue therapy ( = /therapy); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.26; DF: /drug ther or /DT
Subheading synonyms
- chemotherapy
- pharmacologic therapy
- pharmacotherapy
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Chemotherapy
- Pharmacotherapy
- Therapy, Drug
- Chemotherapies
- Drug Therapies
- Pharmacotherapies
- Therapies, Drug
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Aspects Covered
13 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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Indexing Annotation
general only: prefer /drug ther with disease term: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.26; note entry term CHEMOTHERAPY: prefer specific chemical or chemical group, e.g., chemotherapy of lymphoma = LYMPHOMA /drug ther + ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS /ther use, not DRUG THERAPY
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Drug Therapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004358. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004358
- Drug Therapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacotherapy
- Drug Therapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701216