List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 504

Nimodipine (marketed by Bayer as Nimotop) is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker originally developed for the treatment of high blood pressure. It is not frequently used for this indication but […]

Cefotetan is an injectable antibiotic of the cephamycin type for prophylaxis and treatment of bacterial infections. It is often grouped together with second-generation cephalosporins and has a similar antibacterial spectrum […]

Meropenem is an ultra-broad-spectrum injectable antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of infections. It is a beta-lactam and belongs to the subgroup of carbapenem similar to imipenem and ertapenem. […]

Fulvestrant (Faslodex AstraZeneca) is a drug treatment of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women with disease progression following anti-estrogen therapy. It is an estrogen receptor antagonist with no […]

Tamoxifen is an antagonist of the estrogen receptor in breast tissue via its active metabolite 4-hydroxytamoxifen. In other tissues such as the endometrium it behaves as an agonist and thus […]

Bicalutamide (marketed as Casodex Cosudex Calutide Kalumid) is an oral non-steroidal anti-androgen used in the treatment of prostate cancer and hirsutism. It was first launched in 1995 as a combination […]

Goserelin acetate (Zoladex AstraZeneca) is an injectable gonadotropin releasing hormone superagonist (GnRH agonist) also known as a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist. Structurally it is a decapeptide. Goserelin acetate […]

Selegiline (Anipryl L-deprenyl Eldepryl Emsam Zelapar) is a drug used for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson’s disease depression and dementia. In normal clinical doses it is a selective irreversible MAO-B […]

Formoterol (INN) or eformoterol (former BAN) is a long-acting β2 agonist used in the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Budesonide/formoterol is a combination formulation containing budesonide and formoterol used in the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the EU. Budesonide acts by reducing and preventing […]