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Fluvoxamine (brand names: Floxyfral Luvox Fevarin) is a medication which functions as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and σ1 receptor agonist. Fluvoxamine is used primarily for the treatment of […]

Temazepam (brand names Restoril – 15 mg/30 mg and Normison among others) is an intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy hypnotic of the benzodiazepine class of psychoactive drugs. Temazepam is approved for the short-term […]

Heparin (from Ancient Greek ηπαρ (hepar) liver) also known as unfractionated heparin a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant and has the highest negative charge density […]

Warfarin (also known by the brand names Coumadin Jantoven Marevan Uniwarfin) is an anticoagulant normally used in the prevention of thrombosis and thromboembolism the formation of blood clots in the […]

Diazepam /daɪˈæzɨpæm/ first marketed as Valium /ˈvæliəm/ by Hoffmann-La Roche is a benzodiazepine drug.It is commonly used to treat anxiety panic attacks insomnia seizures (including status epilepticus) muscle spasms (such […]

Isotretinoin INN /ˌaɪsoʊtrɨˈtɪnoʊ.ɨn/ (also known as 13-cis retinoic acid) first marketed as Accutane by Hoffmann-La Roche is a medication primarily used to treat cystic acne. Rarely it is also used […]

Estradiol (E2 or 17β-estradiol also oestradiol) is a sex hormone. Estradiol is abbreviated E2 as it has two hydroxyl groups in its molecular structure. Estrone has one (E1) and estriol […]

Hyoscyamine (also known as daturine) is a tropane alkaloid. It is a secondary metabolite found in certain plants of the Solanaceae family including henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) jimsonweed […]

Pancuronium (trademarked as Pavulon) is a muscle relaxant with various purposes. It is the second of three drugs administered during most lethal injections in the United States.

Oxytocin (Oxt /ˌɒksɨˈtoʊsɪn/) is a mammalian neurohypophysial hormone (produced by the hypothalamus. Stored and secreted by the posterior pituitary gland) that acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the brain.Oxytocin plays […]