List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 382

Indometacin farnesil (INN) is a prodrug of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indometacin designed to reduce the occurrence of side-effects by esterification of the carboxyl group on indometacin with farnesol. Indometacin […]

Nitisinone (also known as NTBC an abbreviation of its full chemical name) is a drug originally developed as a herbicide now used to slow the effects of hereditary tyrosinemia type […]

34-Diaminopyridine (or 34-DAP) is an organic compound with the formula C5H3N(NH2)2. It is formally derived from pyridine by substitution of the 3 and 4 positions with an amino group.With the […]

Trabectedin (also known as ecteinascidin 743 or ET-743) is an anti-tumor drug. It is sold by Zeltia and Johnson and Johnson under the brand name Yondelis. It is approved for […]

Melperone (Bunil (PT) Buronil (AT BE CZ DK FL† NL† NO† SE) Eunerpan (DE)) is an atypical antipsychotic of the butyrophenone chemical class making it structurally related to the typical […]

Benznidazole (INN formerly marketed by Hoffman-La Roche under the trade names Rochagan and Radanil) is an antiparasitic medication used in the treatment of Chagas disease. Its mechanism of action is […]

The zoster vaccine (trade name Zostavax) is a live vaccine developed by Merck & Co. that has been shown to reduce the incidence of herpes zoster (known as shingles) by […]

Deracoxib (trade name Deramaxx Novartis) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the coxib class used in veterinary medicine to treat osteoarthritis in dogs. It is sold in tablets which have […]

Mebeverine is a drug whose major therapeutic role is in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and the associated abdominal cramping. It works by relaxing the muscles in and […]

Edrecolomab (MAb17-1A trade name Panorex) is a mouse-derived monoclonal antibody targeting the cell-surface glycoprotein EpCAM (17-1A) which is expressed on epithelial tissues and on various carcinomas.Preliminary studies had shown promise […]