Next step a real medical man then. What some choose to name a 'doctor'.
Though I do wonder whether, even if this doctor knows the word I am seeking, it would be revealed.
I think you are correct. There's a tickle in the back of my brain that sometimes brings up the right word. Meanwhile, I plan to ask the next pharmacist I see.
There is a word which describes the medical treatment which ameliorates the side effects of a primary treatment. e.g. chemotherapy drugs cause nausea so another drug is proscribed to treat the nausea. Pertaining only to drugs I think. The word is in my head somewhere but the passing years take the t...