List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 495

Gemcitabine (pronunciation: jem-SITE-a-been) is a nucleoside analog used as chemotherapy. It is marketed as Gemzar by Eli Lilly and Company.

Zosuquidar is a compound of antineoplastic drug candidates currently under development. It is now in Phase 3 of clinical tests in the United States. Its action mechanism consists of the […]

Xylazine is a drug that is used for sedation anesthesia muscle relaxation and analgesia in animals such as horses cattle and other non-human mammals. An analogue of clonidine it is […]

Nortriptyline is a second-generation tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) marketed as the hydrochloride salt under the trade names Sensoval Aventyl Pamelor Norpress Allegron Noritren and Nortrilen. It is used in the treatment […]

Clomipramine (trademarked as Anafranil) is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). It was developed in the early 1960s by the Swiss drug manufacturer Geigy (now known as Novartis) and has been in […]

Cetuximab (Erbitux) is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor used for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and head and neck cancer.

Silibinin (INN) also known as silybin (both from Silybum the generic name of the plant from which it is extracted) is the major active constituent of silymarin a standardized extract […]

Phenobarbital (INN) is a long-acting barbiturate and the most widely used anticonvulsant worldwide and the oldest still commonly used. It also has sedative and hypnotic properties but as with other […]

Levomepromazine in Germany and Methotrimeprazine in America (sold as Nosinan Nozinan Levoprome) is an phenothiazine neuroleptic drug. It is a low-potency antipsychotic (approximately half as potent as chlorpromazine) with strong […]

Meloxicam is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and fever reducer effects. It is a derivative of oxicam closely related to piroxicam and falls in the enolic acid group […]