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  1. Drug

    Tigecycline

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    It was developed in response to the growing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. It was granted fast-track approval by the U.S.

  2. Drug

    Metacycline

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    Approved

    A broad-spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic related to tetracycline but excreted more slowly and maintaining effective blood levels for a more extended period.

  3. Drug

    Paliperidone

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01267
    ApprovedInvestigational

    The mechanism of action is unknown but it is likely to act via a similar pathway to risperidone.

    Categories: Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome
  4. Drug

    Naloxone

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    ApprovedInvestigationalVet approved

    Due to its short duration of action, persons injected with naloxone should be monitored for responsiveness and potentially injected a second time or taken to the hospital. … [L33714,L33719] The primary purpose of including naloxone within Suboxone is to act as a deterrent to injection, as injected naloxone would rapidly reverse the effects of buprenorphine.

    Synonyms: 17-allyl-3,14-dihydroxy-4,5α-epoxymorphinan-6-one
  5. Drug

    Copper histidinate

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB32041
    Approved

    [A275383,T903] In patients with the disease, defects in this transporter lead to the entrapment of copper in the intestinal lining and a subsequent inability to absorb it into the bloodstream, resulting … [A275383] This deficiency prevents the proper function of copper-dependent enzymes, leading to failure to thrive, neurodegeneration, connective tissue abnormalities, and the hallmark symptom of "kinky"

  6. Drug

    Streptozocin

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00428
    ApprovedInvestigational

    It is used as an antineoplastic agent and to induce diabetes in experimental animals.

  7. Drug

    Roxadustat

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Roxadustat is a first-in-class hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor used to treat anemia associated with chronic kidney disease. … It works by reducing the breakdown of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which is a transcription factor that stimulates red blood cell production in response to low oxygen levels.

  8. Drug

    Prednisolone acetate

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15566
    ApprovedInvestigationalVet approved

    Prednisolone acetate is a [prednisolone] molecule bound to an acetate functional group by an ester bond.[L9449] Prednisolone acetate was granted FDA approval in 1955.[L9449]

  9. Drug

    Fomivirsen

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06759
    ApprovedWithdrawn

    The drug was withdrawn by the FDA because while there was a high unmet need for drugs to treat CMV when the drug was initially discovered and developed due to the CMV arising in people with AIDS, the development … Fomivirsen is marketed under the trade name Vitravene for intravitreal injection and was the first antisense drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

  10. Drug

    Benzthiazide

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00562
    Approved

    Thiazides are often used to treat hypertension, but their hypotensive effects are not necessarily due to their diuretic activity. … Benzthiazide is used to treat hypertension and edema. Like other thiazides, benzthiazide promotes water loss from the body (diuretics).