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Encainide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01228ApprovedWithdrawnThe manufacturer of Enkaid capsules voluntarily withdrew the product from the US market on December 16, 1991. … Encainide hydrochloride, formerly marketed as Enkaid capsules, was associated with increased death rates in patients who had asymptomatic heart rhythm abnormalities after a recent heart attack.
Ubidecarenone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09270ApprovedInvestigationalNutraceutical[L1062] Ubidecarenone is sold as a dietary supplement and is not FDA approved as a drug - it is not meant to treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Lorazepam
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00186ApprovedInvestigationalLorazepam is a short-acting and rapidly cleared benzodiazepine used commonly as a sedative and anxiolytic.
Von Willebrand factor human
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13133ApprovedInvestigational[L40049] As vWF is normally present in the blood as a stable complex with coagulation factor III, therapeutic vWF products are also available as a combination product with [antihemophilic factor human]
Propanoic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB03766ApprovedInvestigationalVet approvedWithdrawnIt is considered generally recognized as safe (GRAS) food ingredient by FDA, where it acts as an antimicrobial agent for food preservation and flavoring agent. … Sodium propionate is the sodium salt of propionic acid that exists as colorless, transparent crystals or a granular crystalline powder.
Gamolenic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13854ApprovedWithdrawnGamolenic acid is produced minimally in the body as the delta 6-desaturase metabolite of [DB00132]. It is converted to [DB00154], a biosynthetic precursor of monoenoic prostaglandins such as PGE1. … It is an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) also referred to as 18:3n-6; 6,9,12-octadecatrienoic acid; and cis-6, cis-9, cis-12- octadecatrienoic acid [F27].
Benzocaine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01086ApprovedInvestigationalBenzocaine is an ester local anesthetic that acts by preventing transmission of impulses along nerve fibers and at nerve endings. It is commonly used for local anesthesia in many over the counter products. Benzocaine was first used for l...
Mixtures: Bus and Classroom Yellow, Care Bus and Classroom YellowPravastatin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00175ApprovedInvestigationalIt was the first statin administered as the active form and not as a prodrug.[T274] This drug was developed by Sankyo Co.
Metformin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00331ApprovedInvestigationalIt is commonly described as an "insulin sensitizer", leading to a decrease in insulin resistance and a clinically significant reduction of plasma fasting insulin levels. … [A36559] Metformin was first approved in Canada in 1972,[A36552] and received subsequent FDA approval in the US in 1995.[L12207]
Glycyrrhizic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13751ApprovedInvestigational[A33062] From January 2014, glycyrrhizic acid as part of the licorice extract was approved by the FDA as an existing food sweetener. … [T204] Glycyrrhizic acid has been developed in Japan and China as a hepatoprotective drug in cases of chronic hepatitis.