title: [How I treat...Recommendations when starting a pharmacological therapy].
abstract: Initiating a new pharmacological therapy is an important step in the global medical approach. Such a decision is the final step of a careful reasoning and should respect some rules in order to guarantee the best efficacy, but also safety for the patient. Clinical inertia should be avoided, but the essential principles of the evidence based medicine should also be taken into account. This concise article summarizes the main fundamental rules and cautions that should be respected by any clinician when initiating a new pharmacological therapy.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Scheen
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations