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Pramlintide

It is derived from amylin, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream, in a similar pattern as insulin, after a meal. Like insulin, amylin is deficient in individuals with diabetes. … Pramlintide is a relatively new adjunct treatment for diabetes (both type 1 and 2), developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals.

Barium sulfate

It is also used in various manufacturing applications and mixed into heavy concrete to serve as a radiation shield [L1957]. This drug is used as a contrast agent in diagnostic x-ray procedures. … Barium sulfate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula BaSO4 [L1957]. Barium sulfate occurs in nature as the mineral _barite_.

Influenza B virus B/Maryland/15/2016 antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)

Inactivated virus cannot replicate, and therefore cannot cause disease from infection, even in immunocompromised individuals. … In contrast, live vaccines are produced from "wild-type" or disease-causing viruses that have been attenuated, or weakened, through various laboratory techniques.

Curcuma xanthorrhiza oil

_Curcuma xanthorrhiza_ oil is found as an active ingredient in cosmetic and hygienic products, and marketing of products containing _Curcuma xanthorrhiza_ oil is authorized in some European countries including … _Curcuma xanthorrhiza_ oil is extracted from _Curcuma xanthorrhiza_ Roxb., a member of the ginger family (_Zingiberaceae_) that is widely distributed in the region of Southeastern Asia [A33162].

Calcium phosphate dihydrate

Tebipenem pivoxil

resistant Gram-negative infections but had until now been available only intravenously, meaning patients with resistant complicated urinary tract infections generally required hospitalization, a PICC line … [L57980] Tebipenem pivoxil is the first oral carbapenem approved in the United States, creating an outpatient option for patients who have limited or no alternative oral therapy.

Lactitol

[A190918] It is used in food manufacturing as a nutritive sweetener and is approximately 35% as sweet as table sugar (i.e. [sucrose]). … [A190915,A190918] Pizensy, an oral lactitol powder for solution, was approved by the FDA for use in chronic idiopathic constipation in February 2020.[L11803]

Ethiodized oil

Ethiodized oil is used by injection as a radio-opaque contrast agent. The composition of the oil is comprised of iodine combined with ethyl esters of fatty acids of poppyseed oil. … And although these esters are primarily as ethyl monoiodostearate and ethyl diiodostearate, the actual, specific structure is unknown.

Turpentine

It is used as a solvent and base material in organic synthesis reactions. … Turpentine is composed of terpenes, mainly the monoterpenes alpha-pinene and beta-pinene with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, dipentene, and terpinolene.

Idronoxil

Idronoxil is a substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called signal transduction inhibitors.