Pharmacotherapy

Sarwer-Foner 1977 was opposed to long-term pharmacotherapy, noting that such patients do not in fact use medication, or use it improperly. ❋ Judith Marks Mishne (1986)

This may be possible with long-term pharmacotherapy or hormone manipulation but these options need to be investigated, he said ❋ AFP RELAXNEWS (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And the paper made no mention of the costs attached to long-term pharmacotherapy, "Katz added. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Evidence-based veterinary dermatology: a systematic review of the pharmacotherapy of canine atopic dermatitis. ❋ Dr. Richard Palmquist (2011)

The ACVD task force on canine atopic dermatitis XX: glucocorticoid pharmacotherapy. ❋ Dr. Richard Palmquist (2011)

After an average of 466 days of continuous ADHD pharmacotherapy, weight change in treated subjects was - 12% of initial weight versus a 3% weight gain in controls. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Current treatment modalities include individual and family therapies, behavioral and academic interventions, and pharmacotherapy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Quitting smoking requires a combination of pharmacotherapy and behavioral support," GSK said. ❋ Mike Esterl (2012)

The role for pharmacotherapy in this effort is very small; the role for feet and forks, and the policies, programs, and practices that foster their good use -- far greater. ❋ M.D. David Katz (2011)

No doubt, overall, a major setback for the pharmacotherapy of obesity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the food we are talking about -- food widely sold to children as well as adults -- is actually bad enough for us that it warrants a pharmacotherapy chaser, should that even be legal, let alone acceptable to society? ❋ Unknown (2010)

To put this into perspective - the average long-term result of the best behavioral intervention studies is 3-5% weight-loss, while adding pharmacotherapy to lifestyle results in long-term weight loss (while treatment continues) of only 10-15%. ❋ Unknown (2008)

- The concept that pharmacotherapy and surgery are not a “substitute” for lifestyle change but in fact only work when patients really do make substantial changes to their lifestyle (click here for a previous entry on this topic). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Diabetes, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, obstructive sleep apnea, etc. are treated with a combination of pharmacotherapy, injections and surgery. ❋ M.D. S.I. Adam (2010)

"Many people equate taking medication with getting better," says Paul Doering, professor in the department of pharmacotherapy and translational research at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But we should be able to implement an array of strategies in which we all have a role to play -- among them better use of alternatives to knee-jerk pharmacotherapy -- so that prescription pads reliably do more good than harm. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We're using combinations of old drugs with a very broad spectrum of pharmacotherapy, it's very much the shotgun approach," said Halford, a health psychologist who has consulted for drug companies on obesity treatments. ❋ Unknown (2010)