Definition of "pharmacotherapy" []

• Treatment of disease through the use of drugs. (noun)

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• "Sarwer-Foner 1977 was opposed to long-term pharmacotherapy, noting that such patients do not in fact use medication, or use it improperly."
• "This may be possible with long-term pharmacotherapy or hormone manipulation but these options need to be investigated, he said"
• "I think certainly we can't advocate pharmacotherapy, that is, medications, before we tell people to get off the couch and exercise, to eat right and to put the cigarettes down."