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Eniluracil
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB03516Investigationals most widely-used oncology agents. 5-FU is widely used in the U.S. and is often first or second line therapy for a variety of cancers including colorectal, breast, gastric, head and neck, ovarian and … Eniluracil has received Orphan Drug status from the FDA for the treatment of hepatocellular cancer in combination with fluoropyrimidines (including 5-FU).
Digitoxin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01396ApprovedWithdrawnA cardiac glycoside sometimes used in place of digoxin. It has a longer half-life than digoxin; toxic effects, which are similar to those of digoxin, are longer lasting.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingTolrestat
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB02383ApprovedWithdrawnWhile it was approved for marketed in several countries, it failed a Phase III trial in the U.S. due to toxicity and never received FDA approval. … It was sold under the tradename Alredase but was discontinued by Wyeth in 1997 because of the risk of severe liver toxicity and death.
Categories: Drugs Used in DiabetesDeflazacort
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11921ApprovedIt is marketed by Marathon Pharmaceuticals and was approved in February 2017 by the FDA. … [A179446,A179449,L6697] This disease usually manifests by muscle weakness in early childhood followed by loss of the ability to walk (ambulation) as early as age 7.
Palovarotene
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05467Approved[A244920] Palovarotene was approved for use in Canada in January 2022 for the management of heterotopic ossification (HO) in patients with FOP, representing the first global approval for any FOP therapy … Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), with an estimated worldwide prevalence of one in 2 million individuals, is an exceptionally rare genetic disorder.
Liothyronine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00279ApprovedInvestigationalVet approvedLiothyronine is a thyroidal hormone T3 which is normally produced by the thyroid gland in a ratio 4:1 when compared with T4: T3. … Liothyronine is the active form of thyroxine which is composed in a basic chemical structure by a tyrosine with bound iodine.
Difelikefalin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11938ApprovedInvestigationalDifelikefalin (CR845) is an agonist of kappa opioid receptors (KORs) useful in the treatment of pruritus secondary to chronic kidney disease. KORs were first associated with itching in 1984. … [A237615,A237620] The clinical burden of uremic pruritus in this patient population is being increasingly recognized as contributing to a significant reduction in patient quality of life, poor outcomes
Suzetrigine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB18927ApprovedInvestigationalSuzetrigine is a Na<sub>V</sub>1.8 voltage-gated sodium channel blocker with analgesic properties[A264948] Na<sub>V</sub>1.8 is abundantly expressed in peripheral sensory nerves to play a role in pain … [A264953] On January 30, 2025, suzetrigine was approved by the FDA as a first-in-class non-opioid analgesic.[L52098]
Foreskin keratinocyte (neonatal)
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB10772ApprovedThe defining moment in skin culture was in 1975 when Rheinwald and Green successfully grew human keratinocytes on lethally irradiated murine fibroblasts. … Skin, the largest organ of the human body, plays the main role in protecting the body from mechanical damage. It is composed of epidermal, dermal and hypodermal layers.
Chenodeoxycholic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06777ApprovedInvestigationalChenodeoxycholic acid (or Chenodiol) is an epimer of ursodeoxycholic acid (DB01586). Chenodeoxycholic acid is a bile acid naturally found in the body. … It works by dissolving the cholesterol that makes gallstones and inhibiting production of cholesterol in the liver and absorption in the intestines, which helps to decrease the formation of gallstones.