therapeutics

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Introduction
Preventive medicine
Treatment of symptoms
- Pain
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Cough
- Insomnia
Designing a therapeutic regimen
Diet
- Prophylactic measures of nutrition
  - General requirements
  - Requirements in infancy
  - Requirements in adolescence
  - Requirements of the elderly
  - Requirements in pregnancy
- Therapeutic measures of nutrition
  - Obesity
  - Diabetes mellitus
  - Hypertension
  - Peptic ulcer
  - Osteoporosis
Biological therapy
- Blood and blood cells
- Plasma
- Immunoglobulins
- Bone marrow transplantation
- Hematopoietic growth factors
- Biological response modifiers
- Hormones
Drug therapy
- General features
  - Principles of drug uptake and distribution
  - Indications for use
- Systemic drug therapy
  - The cardiovascular system
  - The respiratory system
  - The gastrointestinal system
  - The nervous system
  - Mental disorders
- Local drug therapy
- Chemotherapy
Surgical therapy
- Major categories of surgery
  - Wound treatment
  - Surgical extirpation
  - Reconstructive surgery
  - Transplantation surgery
- Surgical techniques
  - Laser surgery
  - Cryosurgery
  - Stereotactic surgery
  - Minimally invasive surgery
  - Trauma surgery
Radiation and other nonsurgical therapies
- Radiation therapy
- Other noninvasive therapies
  - Hyperthermia
  - Photodynamic therapy
  - Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
Psychotherapy
- Drug therapy
  - Antipsychotic agents
  - Antianxiety agents
  - Antidepressant drugs
- Behavioral therapy
- Group therapy
- Family and systemic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapies

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