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Adjuvants are pharmacological
Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the study of drug action. More specifically it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and exogenous chemicals that alter normal biochemical function....
 or immunological
Immunology

Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with, among other things, the physiology functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the physical, chemical an...
 agents that modify the effect of other agents (e.g., drugs, vaccines) while having few if any direct effects when given by themselves. Types of adjuvants include:










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Adjuvants are pharmacological
Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the study of drug action. More specifically it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and exogenous chemicals that alter normal biochemical function....
 or immunological
Immunology

Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with, among other things, the physiology functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the physical, chemical an...
 agents that modify the effect of other agents (e.g., drugs, vaccines) while having few if any direct effects when given by themselves. Types of adjuvants include:

  • Pharmaceutic adjuvant
    Pharmaceutic adjuvant

    In pharmacology, adjuvants are drugs that have few or no pharmacological effects by themselves, but may increase the efficacy#Pharmacology or potency of other drugs when given at the same time....
  • Immunologic adjuvant
    Immunologic adjuvant

    In immunology, an adjuvant is an agent that may stimulate the immune system and increase the response to a vaccine, without having any specific antigenic effect in itself....
  • Hormone adjuvant
  • Agricultural spray adjuvant
    Agricultural spray adjuvant

    The Pesticides Safety Directorate defines an adjuvant as a substance other than water which is not in itself a pesticide but which enhances or is intended to enhance the effectiveness of the pesticide with which it is used....
  • Adjuvant chemotherapy
    Adjuvant chemotherapy

    Adjuvant chemotherapy is a term used to describe the role of chemotherapy relative to other cancer treatments.The terms adjuvant and neoadjuvant have special meanings in oncology....
  • Adjuvants for dermatalogical
    Dermatology

    Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and Skin disease, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. The name of this specialty originated in the form of the words dermologie and, a little later, dermatologia ....
     products, including cosmetics
    Cosmetics

    Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance or odor of the human body. Cosmetics include skin-care Cream , lotions, Powder , perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toe nail polish, eye and facial makeup, permanent waves, colored contact lenses, hair colors, hair sprays and gels, deodorants, baby products, bath oils, bubb...
     and toiletries


See also

  • Combination therapy
    Combination therapy

    In contemporary usage, the expression combination therapy most often refers to the simultaneousadministration of two or more medications to treat a single disease, but the expression is also used when other types of therapy are used at the same time....
    , where two medications are used to treat a condition, but the increased efficacy not necessarily relying upon interactions between the two