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Drug cocktail

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-003443

A combination of two or more pharmaceutical agents administered concurrently to a patient. This approach is often employed to achieve synergistic therapeutic effects, reduce drug resistance, or manage multiple symptoms simultaneously. For example, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV infection involves a cocktail of several antiviral drugs.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-003443
FieldChemistry
SubjectChemistry and Human Health
Synonymsdrug combination
ReferencesPAC, 2013, 85, 1725. 'Glossary of terms used in medicinal chemistry. Part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1732 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-11-23)
Record as JSON 
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  "references": [
    "PAC, 2013, 85, 1725. 'Glossary of terms used in medicinal chemistry. Part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1732 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-11-23)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/drug-cocktail/"
}

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