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Abstract
Agents that aid or increase the action of the principle drug (DRUG SYNERGISM) or that affect the absorption, mechanism of action, metabolism, or excretion of the primary drug (PHARMACOKINETICS) in such a way as to enhance its effects.
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- Adjuvant, Pharmaceutic
- Adjuvant, Pharmaceutical
- Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic
- Adjuvants, Pharmaceutical
- Pharmaceutic Adjuvant
- Pharmaceutical Adjuvant
- Pharmaceutical Adjuvants
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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History Note
75; was see under PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1969-74
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- Pharmaceutic Aids (1968-1974)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pharmaceutic Adjuvants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000277. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000277
- Pharmaceutic Adjuvants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50429633