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Dexfenfluramine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01191ApprovedIllicitWithdrawnFor a fairly limited time during the middle of the nineties, the US FDA had approved it for use in managing weight loss. … However, following multiple concerns about the cardiovascular side-effects of the drug, such approval was withdrawn.
Categories: Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin SyndromeFexinidazole
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12265Approved[A237550, A237560] Fexinidazole, which was originally developed in the 1970s/80s by Hoechst AG and subsequently rediscovered through the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) in 2005, is the first … [A237555, A237560] Fexinidazole received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in November 2018 and was approved by the FDA on July 16, 2021.
Palbociclib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09073ApprovedInvestigational[A176810] Palbociclib was developed by Pfizer Inc after the discovery that identified the cyclin-dependent kinases as key regulators of cell growth. … Palbociclib is a piperazine pyridopyrimidine[A176792] that acts in the cell cycle machinery.
Dextroamphetamine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01576ApprovedIllicitInvestigationalDextroamphetamine is the dextrorotatory enantiomer of amphetamine[A2505]. Dextroamphetamine was approved by the FDA in 2001 for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.[L6010,L52145]
Categories: Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin SyndromeMethyclothiazide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00232ApprovedWithdrawnA thiazide diuretic with properties similar to those of hydrochlorothiazide. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p825)
Trabectedin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05109ApprovedInvestigationalIt is currently under evaluation for the treatment of breast cancer, prostate cancer, in addition to pediatric sarcomas. Both the European Commission and the U.S. … On October 23, 2015, the FDA approved trabectedin, (as Yondelis), for the treatment of specific soft tissue sarcomas.
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.
Procarbazine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01168ApprovedInvestigationalAn antineoplastic agent used primarily in combination with mechlorethamine, vincristine, and prednisone (the MOPP protocol) in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease.
Categories: Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin SyndromeElvitegravir
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09101ApprovedInvestigationalof the viral infection. … On September 24, 2014, the FDA approved the single pill form of elvitegravir.
Categories: Antivirals used in combination for the treatment of HIV infectionsBiperiden
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00810ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnA muscarinic antagonist that has effects in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. It has been used in the treatment of arteriosclerotic, idiopathic, and postencephalitic parkinsonism. … It has also been used to alleviate extrapyramidal symptoms induced by phenothiazine derivatives and reserpine.
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