List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 470

Hetacillin is a beta-lactam antibiotic that is part of the aminopenicillin family. It is a prodrug and it has no antibacterial activity itself but quickly splits of acetone in the […]

Ticarcillin is a carboxypenicillin. It is almost invariably[citation needed] sold and used in combination with clavulanate as Timentin. Because it is a penicillin it also falls within the larger class […]

Pyrazinamide is a drug used to treat tuberculosis. The drug is largely bacteriostatic but can be bacteriocidal on actively replicating tuberculosis bacteria.

Erlotinib hydrochloride (trade name Tarceva) is a drug used to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) pancreatic cancer and several other types of cancer. It is a reversible tyrosine kinase […]

Tobramycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from Streptomyces tenebrarius and used to treat various types of bacterial infections particularly Gram-negative infections. It is especially effective against species of Pseudomonas.

Hydralazine (apresoline) is a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used to treat hypertension by acting as a vasodilator primarily in arteries and arterioles.

Verteporfin (trade name Visudyne) a benzoporphyrin derivative is a medication used as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy to eliminate the abnormal blood vessels in the eye associated with conditions such […]

Sulforidazine (Imagotan Psychoson Inofal) a typical antipsychotic and a metabolite of thioridazine; it and mesoridazine are more potent than the parent compound whose pharmacological effects are believed by some to […]

Moclobemide (sold as Amira (AU) Aurorix(AT AU BE BR CL DE FI HK PE PK TR) Clobemix (AU) Depnil (ZA) and Manerix(CA ES IE UK)) is a reversible monoamine oxidase […]

Chlorprothixene (Cloxan Taractan Truxal) is a typical antipsychotic drug of the thioxanthene class and was the first of the series to be synthesized. It was introduced in 1959 by Lundbeck.Chlorprothixene […]