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  1. Drug

    Dantrolene

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Chemically, dantrolene is a hydantoin derivative, but does not exhibit antiepileptic activity like other hydantoin derivates such as phenytoin.

  2. Drug

    Chloral hydrate

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    ApprovedIllicitInvestigationalVet approved

    The safety margin is too narrow for chloral hydrate to be used as a general anesthetic in humans, but it is commonly used for that purpose in animal experiments. … It is no longer considered useful as an anti-anxiety medication.

  3. Drug

    Mifepristone

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    As a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, the drug has been used to treat hypercortisolism in patients with nonpituitary cushing syndrome. … Its inhibition of progesterone induces bleeding during the luteal phase and in early pregnancy by releasing endogenous prostaglandins from the endometrium or decidua.

  4. Drug

    CX-052075

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB31655
    Approved

    [L53408,L53423] The original approval was formulated with the JN.1 strain ([mRNA-1283]), but was ultimately updated to the sublineage LP.8.1.[L54586] … [L53408] It is the primary ingredient in mNEXSPIKE, a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna.

  5. Drug

    Sucralfate

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    , peptic ulcer disease, stress ulcer, in addition to dyspepsia [A177655]. … It was approved by the FDA 1982 in tablet form, and in 1994 for the suspension form [L6073, L6076].

    Synonyms: Hexadeca-μ-hydroxytetracosahydroxy[μ8-[1,3,4,6-tetra-O-sulfo-β-Dfructofuranosyl-α-D-glucopyranoside tetrakis(hydrogen sulfato)8-)]]hexadecaaluminum
  6. Drug

    Risperidone

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    [L12885] Schizophrenia and various mood disorders are thought to be caused by an excess of dopaminergic D2 and serotonergic 5-HT2A activity, resulting in overactivity of central mesolimbic pathways … [L12885] Risperidone binds with a very high affinity to 5-HT2A receptors, approximately 10-20 fold greater than the drug's binding affinity to D2 receptors, and carries lesser activity at several off-targets

    Categories: Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome
  7. Drug

    Midazolam

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00683
    ApprovedIllicitInvestigational

    [A173842] It belongs to a class of drugs called _benzodiazepines_. This drug is unique from others in this class due to its rapid onset of effects and short duration of action. … and endoscopic procedures as pre-anesthetic medication, and as an adjunct to local anesthesia.

  8. Drug

    Synthetic Conjugated Estrogens, B

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09318
    Approved

    However, once a woman stops ovulating there is a sharp decline in the production of progesterone and estradiol by the ovaries and a consequent fluctuation in LH and FSH due to a lack of feedback control … These symptoms are able to be reduced by replacing many of the hormones lost during and following menopause with synthetic or naturally occurring forms, in a therapy known as Hormone Replacement Therapy

  9. Drug

    Benzquinamide

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00767
    ApprovedWithdrawn

    The mechanism of action is not known, but presumably benzquinamide works via antagonism of muscarinic acetycholine receptors and histamine H1 receptors.

  10. Drug

    Elagolix

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11979
    ApprovedInvestigational

    Moreover, women who are affected by this condition can suffer for up to six to ten years and visit multiple physicians before receiving a proper diagnosis [A35868, A35869, F801]. … Administration (FDA) approved AbbVie's elagolix under the brand name Orilissa as the first and only oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist specifically developed for women with moderate to