List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 506

Omalizumab (trade name Xolair Roche/Genentech and Novartis) is a humanized antibody originally designed to reduce sensitivity to inhaled or ingested allergens especially in the control of moderate to severe allergic […]

Cefalexin (INN BAN) or cephalexin (USAN AAN) /ˌsɛfəˈlɛksɨn/ is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. It is taken by mouth and is active against […]

Riluzole (Rilutek) is a drug used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis marketed by Sanofi-Aventis. It delays the onset of ventilator-dependence or tracheostomy in selected patients and may increase survival by […]

Premarin is the commercial name for a medication consisting primarily of conjugated estrogens. Isolated from mares’ urine (pregnant mares’ urine) it is manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (part of Pfizer since […]

Equilin is an estrogen from horses with the chemical name 3-hydroxyestra-1357-tetraen-17-one. Equilin is one of the estrogens present in the mixture of estrogens isolated from horse urine and marketed as […]

Finasteride (brand names Proscar and Propecia by Merck among other generic names) is a synthetic drug for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and male pattern baldness (MPB). It […]

Dextrorphan (DXO) is a psychoactive drug of the morphinan chemical class which acts as an antitussive or cough suppressant and dissociative hallucinogen. It is the dextro-stereoisomer of racemorphan the levo-half […]

Triamcinolone is a long-acting synthetic corticosteroid given orally by injection by inhalation or as a topical ointment or cream.

Cannabidivarin (CBDV) is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in Cannabis. It is a homolog of cannabidiol (CBD) with the side-chain shortened by two methylene bridges (CH2 units). Plants with relatively high […]

Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV THV) is a homologue of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) having a propyl (3-carbon) side chain. This terpeno-phenolic compound is found naturally in Cannabis sometimes in significant amounts. The psychoactive effects […]