Pharmacon

Pharmakon (plural Pharmaka , from Greek φάρμακον "poison, drug, medicament") stands for:

• Active ingredient , a substance that causes a (pharmacological) effect in the body
• Medicinal substance , an active substance with therapeutic and / or diagnostic use
• Medicinal product , the preparation of one or more medicinal products for use on the patient
• Pharmakon - Medicines in Science and Practice , a specialist journal

See also

• Pharmakós

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.