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title: "Disease-modifying treatment"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease-modifying_treatment"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
date_saved: "2026-05-05T07:28:01.433151+00:00"
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A disease-modifying drug, or disease-modifying therapy, is a treatment that delays, slows or reverses the progression of a disease by targeting its underlying cause. They are distinguished from symptomatic treatments that treat the symptoms of a disease but do not address its underlying cause.


== Examples ==
Disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug


== References ==