List of articles in "Drug" category - Page 552

Thalidomide (/θəˈlɪdəmaɪd/; from phthalimido-glutarimide. Currently marketed under the brand names Inmunoprin Talidex Talizer Thalomid) is an immunomodulatory drug and the prototype of the thalidomide class of drugs. It was first […]

Dopamine (or 34-dihydroxyphenethylamine) is a neuroendocrine transmitter (i.e. a hormone and neurotransmitter) in the catecholamine and phenethylamine families that plays a number of important roles in the brain and bodies […]

Phenytoin sodium /fəˈnɪtoʊɨn/ is a hydantoin-derivative anticonvulsant drug used primarily in the management of complex partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Phenytoin is also used to prevent seizures following neurosurgery. […]

Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia and is also sometimes used off-label for the treatment of bipolar disorder. The first of the atypical antipsychotics […]

Mescaline or 345-trimethoxyphenethylamine is a naturally occurring psychedelic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class known for its hallucinogenic effects similar to those of LSD and psilocybin. It shares strong structural similarities […]

Laudanum /ˈlɔːd(ə)nəm/ is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine).Reddish-brown and extremely bitter laudanum contains almost all of the opium alkaloids […]

Darbepoetin alfa (rINN) /dɑrbəˈpɔɪtɨn/ is a synthetic form of erythropoietin. It stimulates erythropoiesis (increases red blood cell levels) and is used to treat anemia commonly associated with chronic renal failure […]

Botulinum toxin is a protein and neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is the most acutely lethal toxin known with an estimated human median lethal dose (LD-50) of […]

Nicotine is a potent parasympathomimetic alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae) and a stimulant drug. It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist.

Paclitaxel is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy. It was discovered in a US National Cancer Institute program at the Research Triangle Institute in 1967 when Monroe E. Wall […]