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Cocktail (Medicine)
A Cocktail (pronounced: /ˈkɒkteɪl/) in the medical context refers to a mixture of drugs, often in solution, administered together for a specific therapeutic purpose.
Etymology
The term "cocktail" in the context of medicine is derived from the general meaning of the word, which refers to a mixture of various ingredients. It was first used in this context in the mid-20th century.
Related Terms
- Drug Interaction: This occurs when the effects of one drug are altered by the concurrent administration of another drug. Drug interactions can be synergistic (where the effect of the combination is greater than the sum of the individual effects) or antagonistic (where the effect of the combination is less than the sum of the individual effects).
- Polypharmacy: This is the concurrent use of multiple medications by a patient. Polypharmacy can lead to increased risk of drug interactions, including the risk of a medical cocktail causing adverse effects.
- Therapeutic Index: This is a comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxicity. The therapeutic index is used to assess the safety of a drug; the larger the therapeutic index, the safer the drug.
- Adverse Drug Reaction: This is an unwanted or harmful reaction experienced following the administration of a drug or combination of drugs under normal conditions of use and is suspected to be related to the drug.
- Pharmacodynamics: This is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action.
- Pharmacokinetics: This is the study of how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted by the body.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Cocktail
- Wikipedia's article - Cocktail
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