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Lasmiditan
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11732ApprovedInvestigationalLasmiditan is an oral medication used in the termination of migraine headaches that was first approved for use in the United States in October 2019. … [sumatriptan]) have seen preferential use in the acute treatment of migraines due to their relatively favourable efficacy and safety.
Galactose
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11735ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnThere are even proposals for its use in accelerating senescence in mice, rats, and Drosophila, for its association with ovarian cancer, or even for the potential treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis … Regardless, although it is predominantly used as a pathway to generate glucose fuel for the human body, galactose is involved as an ingredient in some commonly used vaccines and non-prescription products
Onasemnogene abeparvovec
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15528ApprovedInvestigational[L9194] Onasemnogene abeparvovec for therapeutic use and marketing is currently being assessed by the EU and an intrathecal formulation of the drug is currently undergoing clinical development in the USA … Onasemnogene abeparvovec is an adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapy that has been approved by the FDA in May 2019 for the treatment of infant patients (less than 2 years of age) with spinal
Categories: Complex MixturesStiripentol
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09118ApprovedInvestigationalStiripentol is an antiepileptic agent that is an aromatic allylic alcohol drug, which makes it structurally unique from other antiepileptic drugs. … [A19740, A250825] The clinical development and marketing of stiripentol were first delayed due to the drug's potent inhibitory effects on hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes.
Disulfiram
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00822ApprovedInvestigationalA carbamate derivative used as an alcohol deterrent. It is a relatively nontoxic substance when administered alone, but markedly alters the intermediary metabolism of alcohol.
Synonyms: N,N,N',N'-tetraethylthiuram disulfide, 1,1'-dithiobis(N,N-diethylthioformamide)Categories: Drugs Used in Alcohol Dependence, Drugs Used in Addictive DisordersFormaldehyde
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB03843ApprovedVet approved(From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p717) … In solution, it has a wide range of uses: in the manufacture of resins and textiles, as a disinfectant, and as a laboratory fixative or preservative.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingGlucarpidase
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08898ApprovedInvestigational[L39855] Glucarpidase was first approved by the FDA in January 2012,[A7476] followed by the European Commission's approval in January 2022.[L39865] It is marketed as VORAXAZE. … [L39855] High-dose [methotrexate], an antifolate agent, has been widely and safely used for many decades in treating various cancers; however, even with aggressive hydration, urine alkalinization, and
Momelotinib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11763ApprovedInvestigationalMF includes primary MF (PMF), post-polycythemia vera (PV) MF, and post-essential thrombocythemia (ET) MF. Clinical manifestations of MF include anemia and thrombocytosis. … [A261566] First approved by the FDA on September 15, 2023,[L48206] momelotinib is used to treat myelofibrosis.
Synonyms: N-(CYANOMETHYL)-4-(2-(4-MORPHOLINOANILINO)PYRIMIDIN-4-YL)BENZAMIDESpesolimab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15626ApprovedInvestigationalin December 2022 for the treatment of flares in adult patients with generalized pustular psoriasis. … Spesolimab is an interleukin-36 (IL-36) receptor antagonist.
Tafenoquine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06608ApprovedInvestigational[A35671, A35690] It was discovered by the scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1978 as a substitute for primaquine that would be more effective against relapsing vivax malaria. … Tafenoquine is an 8-aminoquinoline analogue of primaquine which varies only on the presence of a 5-phenoxy group.