List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 420

Mangafodipir (sold under the brand name Teslascan as mangafodipir trisodium) is a contrast agent delivered intravenously to enhance contrast in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the liver. It has two […]

Nateglinide (INN trade name Starlix) is a drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Nateglinide was developed by Ajinomoto a Japanese company and sold by the Swiss pharmaceutical company […]

Mivacurium chloride (formerly recognized as BW1090U81 BW B1090U or BW1090U) is a short-duration non-depolarizing neuromuscular-blocking drug or skeletal muscle relaxant in the category of non-depolarizing neuromuscular-blocking drugs used adjunctively in […]

Sitagliptin (INN; previously identified as MK-0431 and marketed as the phosphate salt under the trade name Januvia) is an oral antihyperglycemic (antidiabetic drug) of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor class. […]

Vildagliptin (previously LAF237 trade names Galvus Zomelis Jalra) is an oral anti-hyperglycemic agent (anti-diabetic drug) of the new dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor class of drugs.

Procyclidine is an anticholinergic drug principally used for the treatment of: Drug-induced parkinsonism akathisia and acute dystonia; Parkinson disease; and Idiopathic or secondary dystonia.

Gallamine triethiodide (Flaxedil) is a non-depolarising muscle relaxant. It acts by combining with the cholinergic receptor sites in muscle and competitively blocking the transmitter action of acetylcholine. Gallamine triethiodide has […]

Desvenlafaxine (brand name: Pristiq) also known as O-desmethylvenlafaxine is an antidepressant of the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor class developed and marketed by Wyeth (now part of Pfizer). Desvenlafaxine is a synthetic […]

Gestrinone is a synthetic steroid hormone that acts as an anti-progestin and also has some androgenic activity. It is marketed under the names Dimetriose Dimetrose and Nemestran as a treatment […]

Methoxyflurane (INN) formerly marketed as Penthrane by Abbott Laboratories is a halogenated ether that was in clinical use as a volatile inhalational anesthetic from its introduction by Joseph F. Artusio […]