drug therapy
| Subheading | drug therapy |
| Record Type | Q |
| Entry Version | DRUG THER |
| Abbreviation | DT |
| Scope Note | 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. |
| 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 |
| Online Note | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/DT or DT (SH) or SUBS APPLY DT |
| History Note | 66; used with Category C & F 1966-74; C & F3 1975-87; C, F3 & SMOKING 1988; C, F3 & SMOKING+ 1989; C & F3 1990 forward |
| Entry Term | chemotherapy |
| Entry Term | pharmacologic therapy |
| Entry Term | pharmacotherapy |
| Date of Entry | 19991103 |
| Revision Date | 20030722 |
| Date Established | 19660101 |
| Unique ID | Q000188 |