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Metrizoic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09346ApprovedIn general, the drug was well tolerated by patients during cardiac examinations [A32091]. … One study in 1976 demonstrated that metrizoic acid, when used for cardiac angiography, was well tolerated.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingPolatuzumab vedotin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12240ApprovedInvestigationalPolatuzumab vedotin is a CD79b-directed antibody-drug conjugate that delivers monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE), an anti-mitotic agent, to cancer cells. … [L6658] Polatuzumab vedotin was granted accelerated FDA approval on June 10, 2019 [A254936] and was approved by Health Canada on July 9, 2020.[L44141]
Clofazimine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00845ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnIt was originally described in 1957 and was the prototypical riminophenazine dye - a bright-red dye that, in its clinical use, results in long-lasting discoloration of the skin and bodily fluids. … [A203144] Although it carries _in vitro_ activity against other mycobacterium, such as _Mycobacterium tuberculosis_, it is generally considered an ineffective treatment in comparison to classic tuberculosis
Zotepine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09225ApprovedWithdrawnIn 1993, it was classified as inactive drug substance (Status I, Type II) and in 1995 the FDA studied the manufacturing procedures of Zotepine tablets in Germany, but the status remained inactive. … [A31855] It has been used as an antipsychotic in Japan, India and some places in Europe like UK and Germany since 1980's.[A31857] Zotepine was never approved by the FDA.
Fenofibric acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13873ApprovedInvestigationalFenofibric acid is a lipid-lowering agent that is used in severe hypertriglyceridemia, primary hyperlipidemia, and mixed dyslipidemia. … It works to decrease elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B, while increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Flumethasone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00663ApprovedVet approvedThis local effect on diseased areas results in a prompt decrease in inflammation, exudation and itching. … As it is a privalate salt, its anti-inflammatory action is concentrated at the site of application.
Categories: Corticosteroids, Moderately Potent (Group II)Drospirenone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01395ApprovedInvestigationalDrospirenone is a synthetic progestin commonly found in the popular oral contraceptive, Yaz in combination with [Ethinyl estradiol]. … [L7973] Most recently, it was approved by both Health Canada and the FDA in combination with [Estetrol] as an oral contraceptive therapy.
Melphalan flufenamide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16627ApprovedWithdrawnIt has since been withdrawn from the market in the wake of the phase 3 OCEAN trial which showed a decrease in overall survival in comparison to standard treatment with [pomalidomide] and [dexamethasone … [A230123] _In vitro_ models show that melphalan is 10 to hundreds of times more potent than melphalan.
Echothiophate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01057ApprovedInvestigationalA potent, long-acting irreversible cholinesterase inhibitor used as an ocular hypertensive in the treatment of glaucoma. Occasionally used for accomodative esotropia.
Synonyms: 2-(Diethoxyphosphorylsulfanyl)ethyl-N,N,N-trimethylazanium iodideAncestim
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09103ApprovedWithdrawn[T68] It was also approved by Health Canada in 1999 but it is currently under the status of canceled post-market.[L1087] … Ancestim was developed by Amgen and sold to Biovitrium in December 2008. It was submitted to the FDA under the status of recommendation for approval with a 10 to 1 votes.