psychotropic drug
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpsychotropicanddrug
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psychotropic
adjective
uk/ˌsaɪ.kəˈtrəʊ.pɪk/us/ˌsaɪ.koʊˈtroʊ.pɪk/
Psychotropic drugs or other substances affect ...
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drug
noun[C]
uk/drʌɡ/us/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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Data onpsychotropicdrugdosage and frequency were also collected.
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Falls andpsychotropicdrugconsumption in long-term care residents: is there an obvious association?
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Chlorpromazine is the most important singlepsychotropicdrugin the group.
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A comparison ofpsychotropicdrugnaive and other patients did not reveal differences.
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These expansions, in turn, have contributed to increases inpsychotropicdrugspending.
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The managed care coefficients should be interpreted as the effects on health outcomes after controlling for the impact of managed care onpsychotropicdrugspending.
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Discontinuation of an essentialpsychotropicdrugfor a patient with psychosis or epilepsy on the grounds of non-availability is a highly unsatisfactory outcome for all concerned.
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Eight patients werepsychotropicdrugnaive.
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The medical records indicated that 40 % of the experimental group and 45 % of the controls had been prescribed apsychotropicdrugbetween the initial and 6 month assessments.
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Healy sees profound cultural forces at work and, indeed, believes that these forces are now shaping the markets forpsychotropicdrugdiscovery in unforeseen and undesirable directions.
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I find it hard to identify apsychotropicdrugthat does not have any harmful effects.
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No cell can ever respond to apsychotropicdrug.
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Patients were treated with different psychotropic drugs prior to the study.
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However, the use of psychotropic drugs in individuals without a diagnosis was similar at the different examinations and could not explain the age differences.
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Likewise, there have been significant developments in psychotropic drugs designed to treat or enhance specific behavioral traits.
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The occurrence of a drug withdrawal syndrome can rightfully be included in the assessment of the teratogenic potential of psychotropic drugs.
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Although psychotropic drugs are often used in palliative care, adverse drug reactions to psychotropics are sometimes overlooked.
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It matters in terms of policies in prescribing drugs, especially psychotropic drugs, because they operate on differently structured brains of men and women.
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The definition of the teratogenic effects of psychotropic drugs should be widened.
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Aside from these cases, the therapist did not prescribe any new psychotropic drugs or increase dosages.
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