List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 465

Cladribine (trade names Litak and Movectro) is a drug used to treat hairy cell leukemia (HCL leukemic reticuloendotheliosis) and multiple sclerosis. Its chemical name is 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2CDA).As a purine analog […]

Methandrostenolone (trade names Averbol Dianabol Danabol) also known as metandienone (INN) methandienone or informally as dianabol is an orally-effective anabolic steroid originally developed in Germany and released in the US […]

Teniposide (Vumon VM-26) is a chemotherapeutic medication mainly used in the treatment of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). It is in a class of drugs known as podophyllotoxin derivatives and […]

Atovaquone (alternative spelling: atavaquone) is a chemical compound that belongs to the class of naphthoquinones. Atovaquone is a hydroxy-14-naphthoquinone an analog of ubiquinone with antipneumocystic activity. It is manufactured in […]

Levocabastine is a selective second-generation H1-receptor antagonist which was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1979. It is used for allergic conjunctivitis.As well as acting as an antihistamine levocabastine has also […]

Tolazoline is a non-selective competitive α-adrenergic receptor antagonist. It is a vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis).

Phentolamine (Regitine) is a reversible nonselective alpha-adrenergic antagonist.

Dobutamine is a sympathomimetic drug used in the treatment of heart failure and cardiogenic shock. Its primary mechanism is direct stimulation of β1 receptors of the sympathetic nervous system. Dobutamine […]

Tizanidine (trade names Zanaflex Sirdalud) is a drug that is used as a muscle relaxant. It is a centrally acting α2 adrenergic agonist. It is used to treat the spasms […]

Interferon beta 1b (tradenames Betaferon Betaseron (North America) Extavia) is a drug in the interferon family used to treat the relapsing-remitting and secondary-progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). It is […]