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The viscosities of moderately concentrated solutions of poly(butyl methacrylate)—Mw = 1820 kg/mol–in the thermodynamically good solvent toluene and in the theta solvent 2-propanol were measured up to pressures of 2000 bar as a function of shear rate in the temperature interval from 40 to 70°C. Both systems obey Graessley's equation so that it is possible to obtain the following rheological parameters in addition to the zero-shear viscosity η0 from the dependences . η can be split into an entanglement part ηent plus a frictional contribution ηfric, and the characteristic viscometric relaxation time τ0 becomes accessible. The present results demonstrate that the application of pressure raises the above parameters much less for good than for bad solvents. In contrast to ηfric (which can react differently to the application of pressure due to special circumstances) η0 and τ0 are always influenced to the same degree as T or p are changed. This result implies that the steady state shear compliance (τ0/η0) is independent of the variables of state irrespective of the thermodynamic quality of the solvent. For the good solvent the effects of temperature can be described by the Arrhenius equation, whereas the WLF equation has to be used for the bad one.