pharmacoenhancer

English

Etymology

From pharmaco- +‎ enhancer.

Noun

pharmacoenhancer (plural pharmacoenhancers)

1. Any substance that enhances the efficacy of a drug
   • 2016 February 13, “Effect of Ethanol on the Metabolic Characteristics of HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitor Elvitegravir and Elvitegravir/Cobicistat with CYP3A: An Analysis Using a Newly Developed LC-MS/MS Method”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     However, as EVG is co-administered with other antiretroviral drugs and pharmacoenhancer such as COBI or RTV, it is expected that these combination therapies may alter the inhibitory effects of EVG on the CYP3A4 enzyme [1 ] at least during the acute phase of drug exposure.