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Polytherapy vs Monotherapy - What's the difference?

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Polytherapy is a related term of monotherapy.


As nouns the difference between polytherapy and monotherapy

is that polytherapy is the use of several drugs to treat a single condition; polypharmacy while monotherapy is (medicine) a therapy which is administered by itself.

polytherapy

English

Noun

(-)
  • The use of several drugs to treat a single condition; polypharmacy.

    • monotherapy

    English

    Noun

    (monotherapies)
  • (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself

    • Synonyms

    *monotreatment

    Derived terms

    *monotherapeutic

    Related terms

    *polytherapy *monopharmacy

    See also

    *(wikipedia "monotherapy")