The word
drug efficacy is
used in pharmacology
and medicine to refer both to the maximum response achievable from a pharmaceutical drug in
research settings, and to the capacity for sufficient therapeutic effect or
beneficial change in clinical settings. Efficacy is the ability to get a job
done satisfactorily. The word comes from the same roots as effectiveness, and
it has often been used synonymously, although in pharmacology a distinction is
now often made between efficacy and effectiveness. The word efficacy is used in
pharmacology and
medicine to refer both to the maximum response achievable from a pharmaceutical
drug in research settings, and to the capacity for sufficient therapeutic
effect or beneficial change in clinical settings.
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