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Somatostatin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09099ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnProsomastatin is further process into two active forms, somatostatin-14 (SST-14) and somatostatin-28 (SST-28), an extended SST-14 sequence to the N-terminus [A20384]. … Somatostatin is initially secreted as a 116 amino acid precursor, preprosomatostatin, which undergoes endoproteolytic cleavage to prosomastatin.
Nalorphine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11490ExperimentalVet approvedIt is used to reverse opioid overdose and (starting in the 1950s) in a challenge test to determine opioid dependence. … It acts at two opioid receptors—at the mu receptor it has antagonistic effects, and at the kappa receptors it exerts high-efficacy agonistic characteristics.
Troleandomycin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13179ApprovedA macrolide antibiotic that is similar to erythromycin.
Eniluracil
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB03516InvestigationalEniluracil, which was previously under development by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is being developed by Adherex to enhance the therapeutic value and effectiveness of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), one of the world’
AC-100
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05671InvestigationalAC-100 is a novel synthetic peptide derived from an endogenous human protein produced by bone and dental cells (a fragment from matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein). It is being developed by Acologix, Inc.
Scorpion (centruroides) immune Fab2 antivenin (equine)
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13905ApprovedIt is intravenously administered patients with clinical signs of scorpion envenomation so that the Fab fragments bind to the toxins and limit systemic toxicity. … This drug is a polyvalent antivenin proven to be useful against scorpion stings.
Decamethonium
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01245ApprovedDecamethonium is used in anesthesia to cause paralysis. It is a short acting depolarizing muscle relaxant. … It is similar to acetylcholine and acts as a partial agonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Tideglusib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12129ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnIt is reported to be a potent anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective that is a non-ATP competitive inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3).
Amyl Nitrite
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01612ApprovedAmyl nitrite is employed medically to treat heart diseases such as angina and to treat cyanide poisoning. Its use as a prescription medicine comes from its ability to lower blood pressure. … As an inhalant, it also has psychoactive effect which has led to illegal drug use.