List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 528

Nitrofurantoin (trade name Macrobid among others) is an antibiotic usually used to treat urinary tract infection.It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines a list of the […]

Atenolol is a selective β1 receptor antagonist a drug belonging to the group of beta blockers (sometimes written β-blockers) a class of drugs used primarily in cardiovascular diseases. Introduced in […]

Enalapril (marketed as Vasotec in the USA Enaladex in some other countries and Enacard for veterinary use) is an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension […]

Carisoprodol is a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant. It is slightly soluble in water and freely soluble in alcohol chloroform and acetone. The drug’s solubility is practically independent of pH. […]

Aztreonam (trade names Azactam injection Cayston inhalation) is a synthetic monocyclic beta-lactam antibiotic (a monobactam) with the nucleus based on a simpler monobactam isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum. It was approved […]

Lithium orotate is a salt of orotic acid and lithium. It is available as the monohydrate LiC5H3N2O4·H2O. In this compound lithium is non-covalently bound to an orotate ion rather than […]

Frovatriptan (trade name Frova) is a triptan drug developed by Vernalis for the treatment of migraine headaches and for short term prevention of menstrual migraine. The product is licensed to […]

34-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) also known as tenamphetamine (INN) or with the street name Sally or Sass or Sass-a-frass is a psychedelic and entactogenic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes. […]

Fludrocortisone (also called 9α-fluorocortisol or 9α-fluorohydrocortisone) is a synthetic corticosteroid with moderate glucocorticoid potency and much greater mineralocorticoid potency.The brand name in the U.S. and Canada is Florinef. It is […]

Piracetam (sold under many brand names) is a nootropic in the racetams group with chemical name 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide. It shares the same 2-oxo-pyrrolidone base structure with 2-oxo-pyrrolidine carboxylic acid (pyroglutamate). […]