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Ledipasvir
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09027ApprovedIn a joint recommendation published in 2016, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recommend ledipasvir as a first line … It is effective against genotypes 1a, 1b, 4a, and 5a and with a lesser activity against genotypes 2a and 3a of HCV.
Peginesatide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08894ApprovedWithdrawnChemically, peginesatide is designed to mimic the pharmacological activity of erythropoietin, but is not a replica of the structure itself. … Peginesatide is a synthetic peptide attached to polyethylene glycol for the treatment of anemia. The polyethylene glycol moiety helps make the drug less immunogenic and prolongs its plasma half-life.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingCobamamide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11191ApprovedNutraceuticalThere has been a shift in the treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency such that MeCbl is being extensively used and promoted. … This drug is available as a nutritional supplement to prevent vitamin B12 deficiency. Vitamin B12 is a collective term for these variously substituted corrinoids.
Mixtures: EnLyte Extra-LNProducts: BIOTREFON LTenapanor
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11761ApprovedInvestigationala novel alternative in the treatment of IBS-C. … Tenapanor is a novel, small molecule medication approved in September 2019 for the treatment of constipation-predominant irritable bowel-syndrome (IBS-C).
Alogliptin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06203ApprovedInvestigationalChemically, alogliptin is prepared as a benzoate salt and exists predominantly as the R-enantiomer (>99%). It undergoes little or no chiral conversion in vivo to the (S)-enantiomer. … Alogliptin is a selective, orally-bioavailable inhibitor of enzymatic activity of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4).
Categories: Drugs Used in Diabetes, DPP-IV InhibitorsFomepizole
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01213ApprovedVet approvedFomepizole is a competitive inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, the enzyme that catalyzes the initial steps in the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol to their toxic metabolites. … Fomepizole is used as an antidote in confirmed or suspected methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingPhosphocreatine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13191InvestigationalNutraceuticalIt is primarily found endogenously in the skeletal muscles of vertebrates where it serves a critical role as a rapidly acting energy buffer for muscle cell actions like contractions via its ability to … Phosphocreatine - or creatine phosphate - is the phosphorylated form of creatine.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingSynonyms: N-(N-phosphonoamido)sarcosine, N-phosphocreatineSaxagliptin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06335ApprovedInvestigationalSaxagliptin (rINN) is an orally active hypoglycemic (anti-diabetic drug) of the new dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor class of drugs. FDA approved on July 31, 2009.
Categories: Drugs Used in Diabetes, DPP-IV InhibitorsSacubitril
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09292ApprovedInvestigationalSacubitril is a prodrug neprilysin inhibitor used in combination with valsartan to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA Class II-IV) and reduced ejection … II.