List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 513

Ticlopidine (trade name Ticlid) is an antiplatelet drug in the thienopyridine family. Like the newer drug clopidogrel it is an adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor inhibitor. It is used in patients […]

Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4 THB trade name Kuvan) or sapropterin (INN) is a naturally occurring essential cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes used in the degradation of amino acid […]

Zileuton (trade name ZYFLO) is an orally active inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase and thus inhibits leukotrienes (LTB4 LTC4 LTD4 and LTE4) formation. Zileuton is used for the maintenance treatment of asthma. […]

Zafirlukast is an oral leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) for the maintenance treatment of asthma often used in conjunction with an inhaled steroid and/or long-acting bronchodilator. It is available as a […]

Clobetasol propionate /kloʊˈbeɪtəsɒl/ is a corticosteroid of the glucocorticoid class used to treat various skin disorders including eczema and psoriasis. It is also highly effective for contact dermatitis caused by […]

Alfentanil (R-39209 trade name Alfenta Rapifen in Australia) is a potent but short-acting synthetic opioid analgesic drug used for anaesthesia in surgery. It is an analogue of fentanyl with around […]

Sufentanil (R30730 brand name Sufenta) is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug approximately 5 to 10 times more potent than its parent drug fentanyl and 500 times as potent as morphine. […]

DiPT /ˈdɪptiː/ or NN-diisopropyltryptamine /ˌdaɪˌaɪsɵˌproʊpəlˈtrɪptəmiːn/ is a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug of the tryptamine family that has a unique effect. While the majority of hallucinogens affect the visual sense DiPT is […]

Ximelagatran (Exanta or Exarta H 376/95) is an anticoagulant that has been investigated extensively as a replacement for warfarin that would overcome the problematic dietary drug interaction and monitoring issues […]

Imipramine (Tofranil) also known as melipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) of the dibenzazepine group. Imipramine is mainly used in the treatment of major depression and enuresis (inability to control […]