Adjuvant

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Adjuvants are pharmacological or immunological agents that modify the effect of other agents (e.g., drugs, vaccines) while having few if any direct effects when given by themselves. They are often included in vaccines to enhance the recipient's immune response to a supplied antigen while keeping the injected foreign material at a minimum.^[1] Types of adjuvants include:

• Pharmaceutic adjuvant
• Immunologic adjuvant
• Hormone adjuvant
• Agricultural spray adjuvant
• Adjuvant chemotherapy
• Adjuvants for dermatological products, including cosmetics and toiletries

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• Combination therapy, where two medications are used to treat a condition, with the increased efficacy not necessarily relying upon interactions between the two
• Inactivated vaccine

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