Methimazole (also known as Tapazole or Thiamazole or MMI) is an antithyroid drug and part of the thioamide group. Like its counterpart propylthiouracil a major side effect of treatment is […]
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Tiletamine
Tiletamine is a dissociative anesthetic and pharmacologically classified as an NMDA receptor antagonist. It is related chemically and pharmacologically to other anesthetics in this family such as ketamine and phencyclidine. […]
Quinbolone
Quinbolone (Anabolicum Vister) is an anabolic steroid with weak androgenic effects. It was developed by Parke-Davis in an attempt to create a viable orally-administered anabolic steroid with little or no […]
Cefadroxil
Cefadroxil (formerly trademarked as Duricef) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic of the cephalosporin type effective in gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial infections. It is a bactericidal antibiotic.
Anagrelide
Anagrelide (Agrylin/Xagrid Shire) is a drug used for the treatment of essential thrombocytosis (ET; essential thrombocythemia) or overproduction of blood platelets. It also has been used in the treatment of […]
Metamizole
Metamizole (INN) or dipyrone (BAN USAN) is a ampyrone sulfonate analgesic (pain reliever) antispasmodic (spasm reliever) and antipyretic (fever reducer) similar to paracetamol in that it has minimal anti-inflammatory effects […]
Amineptine
Amineptine was developed by the French Society of Medical research in the 1960s.
Bromhexine
Bromhexine is a mucolytic agent used in the treatment of respiratory disorders associated with viscid or excessive mucus. In addition bromhexine has antioxidant properties.
Apomorphine
Apomorphine (Apokyn Ixense Spontane Uprima) is a non-selective dopamine agonist which activates both D1-like and D2-like receptors with some preference for the latter subtypes. It is historically a morphine decomposition […]
Aminoglutethimide
Aminoglutethimide is an anti-steroid drug marketed under the tradename Cytadren by Novartis around the world. It blocks the production of steroids derived from cholesterol and is clinically used in the […]