General Pharmacology

Pharmacotherapy

TRFarmakoterapi
Also known as:Drug therapy · Pharmacological treatment

The treatment or prevention of disease by means of drugs, as distinct from surgical, physical, psychological or other non-drug interventions.

In depth

Rational pharmacotherapy starts from an accurate diagnosis and a defined therapeutic goal, then selects the drug, dosage form, dose, route and duration on the basis of efficacy, safety, suitability and cost, and monitors the outcome. Individualisation takes account of age, body size, renal and hepatic function, comorbidities, pregnancy, co-medication and, increasingly, pharmacogenomic status.

The WHO Guide to Good Prescribing describes this as a stepwise process; in Turkey the same principles are promoted under the heading of rational drug use (akılcı ilaç kullanımı).

Clinical pearl

Before adding a new drug, consider whether the symptom could be an adverse reaction to an existing one; treating an adverse effect with another drug (a prescribing cascade) is a common source of polypharmacy.

TRIn Turkish

Farmakoterapi

Hastalıkların cerrahi, fiziksel, psikolojik veya diğer ilaç dışı girişimlerden farklı olarak ilaçlar aracılığıyla tedavi edilmesi ya da önlenmesidir.

Akılcı farmakoterapi doğru bir tanı ve tanımlanmış bir tedavi hedefiyle başlar; ardından ilaç, farmasötik dozaj şekli, doz, uygulama yolu ve tedavi süresi etkinlik, güvenlilik, uygunluk ve maliyet ölçütlerine göre seçilir ve sonuç izlenir. Bireyselleştirmede yaş, vücut büyüklüğü, böbrek ve karaciğer işlevi, eşlik eden hastalıklar, gebelik, birlikte kullanılan ilaçlar ve giderek artan ölçüde farmakogenomik durum dikkate alınır.

DSÖ'nün İyi Reçeteleme Rehberi (Guide to Good Prescribing) bu süreci adım adım ilerleyen bir yaklaşım olarak tanımlar; Türkiye'de aynı ilkeler akılcı ilaç kullanımı başlığı altında desteklenmektedir.

Yeni bir ilaç eklemeden önce yakınmanın mevcut bir ilacın advers reaksiyonu olup olmadığı sorgulanmalıdır; bir advers etkinin başka bir ilaçla tedavi edilmesi (reçeteleme kaskadı) polifarmasinin sık görülen bir nedenidir.

Diğer adları:İlaç tedavisi · Medikal tedavi
Updated 24.09.2026 0 views Educational reference — verify against current sources before clinical use.

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