pharmacological
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- adjective
- /ˌfɑːr.mə.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
- Specialized
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farmacológico
- Doctors often rely on pharmacological therapies to manage chronic pain in patients.
- pharmacological treatment
- pharmacological intervention
- pharmacological therapy
So there is the pharmacological element of brain soothing.
- So there is the pharmacological element of brain soothing.
- So what could be a non pharmacological treatment to help improve mood, right?
- So breath work is a non pharmacological mode of changing consciousness.
- Some kids can benefit from pharmacological assistance, some likely don't.
- In a sense, you have this sort of buttress, psychological support structure, pharmacological support structure.
- We just wanted to show that, hey, DMT has the right pharmacological properties that would that would make it amenable to this kind of technology.
- So broadly speaking, when we say psychedelic, that refers to for most people a broad number of compounds that work in different pharmacological ways.
- The medication is very expensive too, if you're taking pharmacological meds for this, But it's.
- I'll protect, protect the guilty, But who is a, let's call this person a pharmacological champion.
Examples
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Studies showing that psychosocial treatments are helpful broke new ground, moving research beyond its primarily pharmacological basis.
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Some kids can benefit from pharmacological assistance, some likely don't.
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But obviously there are pharmacological interventions too.
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But he obviously had greater confidence in my nursing and pharmacological skills than I had in myself.
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So there is the pharmacological element of brain soothing.
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The evidence shows that pharmacological therapies are less successful without behavioral support.
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Managing pain is a complex mixture of both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods.
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Treatment of insomnia involves teaching good sleep hygiene and the use of selected pharmacological interventions.
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The two most common approaches for treating SIB are behavioral and pharmacological.
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In individuals with long-term conditions, options may include psychological therapies, pharmacological therapies, or a combined approach.
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Synonyms
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Relating to how medicines act in the body
How Medicinal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
pharmacological = pharmacology (transparent) = pharmac + ology + ical
The adjective is formed regularly from the technical noun 'pharmacology' with the suffix '-ical'.
Etymology
The word pharmacological comes from the Greek root pharmakon meaning 'drug' and the ending -logy meaning 'study', the same root you see in pharmacy and pharmacist. So, pharmacological is about the study and effects of drugs on the body.