| adjuvants, pharmaceutic | Agents that aid or increase the action of the principle drug or that affect the absorption, mechanism of action, metabolism, or excretion of the primary drug in such a way as to enhance its effects. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pharmaceutic aid | Substances which are of little or no therapeutic value, but are necessary in the manufacture, compounding, storage, etc., of pharmaceutical preparations or drug dosage forms. They include solvents, diluting agents, and suspending agents, and emulsifying agents. Also, antioxidants; preservatives, pharmaceutical; dyes (colouring agents); flavoring agents; vehicles; excipient; ointment bases. (12 Dec 1998) |