List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 487

Tienilic acid (INN and BAN) or ticrynafen (USAN) is a loop diuretic drug with uric acid-lowering (uricosuric) action formerly marketed for the treatment of hypertension. It was approved by FDA […]

Beclometasone dipropionate (INN modified) or beclomethasone dipropionate (USAN former BAN) is a potent glucocorticoid steroid. It is a prodrug of the free form beclometasone (INN). In the form of an […]

Cinacalcet (INN) is a drug that acts as a calcimimetic (i.e. it mimics the action of calcium on tissues) by allosteric activation of the calcium-sensing receptor that is expressed in […]

Clioquinol (iodochlorhydroxyquin) is an antifungal drug and antiprotozoal drug. It is neurotoxic in large doses. It is a member of a family of drugs called hydroxyquinolines which inhibit certain enzymes […]

Clamoxyquine (INN) or clamoxyquin (former BAN) as the pamoate or hydrochloride salt is an antiamebic and antidiarrheal drug.It has been used as a veterinary medicine to treat salmonids for infection […]

Proguanil (chlorguanide chloroguanide) is a prophylactic antimalarial drug. When taken it is converted to the active metabolite cycloguanil. Proguanil is effective against sporozoites.

Furazolidone is a nitrofuran antibacterial. It is marketed by Roberts Laboratories under the brand name Furoxone and by GlaxoSmithKline as Dependal-M.

Lenalidomide /lɛnəˈlɪdɵmaɪd/ (trade name Revlimid) is a derivative of thalidomide introduced in 2004.It was initially intended as a treatment for multiple myeloma for which thalidomide is an accepted therapeutic treatment. […]

Penicillamine is a pharmaceutical of the chelator class. It is sold under the trade names of Cuprimine and Depen. The pharmaceutical form is D-penicillamine as L-penicillamine is toxic (it inhibits […]

Ergometrine (other names include ergonovine and d-lysergic acid beta-propanolamide) is an ergoline (and lysergamide) derivative and one of the primary ergot and morning glory alkaloids . It is chemically similar […]