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Pharmacodynamic Layering

Meaning

A sophisticated clinical strategy involving the sequential or simultaneous administration of multiple therapeutic agents to achieve a synergistic or complementary biological effect on a single or related physiological pathway. Layering is designed to maximize efficacy and minimize side effects by targeting different steps within a complex biochemical cascade or by modulating multiple receptors. This approach requires a deep understanding of the kinetic and dynamic properties of each compound.