Pharmacologic_Substance
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Synonyms: Permanent therapy: Substance group 1 Substance group from Rote Liste Previous therapy: Substance group 1 CAP therapy: Substance group 1
Term information
Any natural, endogenously-derived, synthetic or semi-synthetic compound with pharmacologic activity. A pharmacologic substance has one or more specific mechanism of action(s) through which it exerts one or more effect(s) on the human or animal body. They can be used to potentially prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve symptoms of a disease. Formulation specific agents and some combination agents are also classified as pharmacologic substances.