Is "drug class" and "therapuetic class" the same thing?
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- 21 Mar 2010 by andreaedwards
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suzanne662 Apr 2010
Not necessarily.
Therapeutic class usually refers to drugs that are used to treat similar conditions.
Drug class are usually groups of drugs that are chemically similar and are used to treat similar conditions.
There is often many different drug classes in a therapeutic class.
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