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  1. Drug

    Thioproperazine

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    Approved

    It is used for the treatment of all types of acute and chronic schizophrenia, including those which did not respond to the usual neuroleptics; manic syndromes. … It is virtually without antiserotonin and hypotensive action and has no antihistaminic property.

  2. Drug

    Plecanatide

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Plecanatide is a drug approved in January 2017 by the FDA for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC). … It should not be used in children less than six years of age, and should be avoided in patients six years to 18 years of age

    Categories: Drugs for Constipation
  3. Drug

    Quinidine barbiturate

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    Approved

    The administration of quinidine derivatives helps to observe various skin and mucosal reactions.

  4. Drug

    Dimercaprol

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    Approved

    In addition, it has in the past been used for the treatment of Wilson's disease, a genetic disorder in which the body tends to retain copper. … Dimercaprol has toxic potential, and its use may be followed by a variety of adverse effects.

    Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household setting
  5. Drug

    Alfacalcidol

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01436
    ApprovedInvestigationalNutraceutical

    Alfacaldisol is activated by the enzyme 25-hydroxylase in the liver to mediate its effects in the body, or most importantly, the kidneys and bones. … [L33284] In approving European countries, alfacalcidol is also indicated for managing nutritional and malabsorptive rickets and osteomalacia, vitamin D-dependent rickets and osteomalacia, and hypophosphataemic

    Categories: Drugs for Treatment of Bone Diseases
  6. Drug

    Eslicarbazepine acetate

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Eslicarbazepine acetate is a prodrug that is rapidly converted to eslicarbazepine, the primary active metabolite in the body. … Eslicarbazepine's mechanism of action is not well understood, but it is known that it does exert anticonvulsant activity by inhibiting repeated neuronal firing and stabilizing the inactivated state of

  7. Drug

    Estradiol benzoate

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    ApprovedVet approvedWithdrawn

    As a pro-drug of estradiol, estradiol benzoate therefore has the same downstream effects within the body through binding to the Estrogen Receptor (ER) including ERα and ERβ subtypes, which are located … First-pass metabolism by the gut and the liver quickly degrades the estradiol molecule before it gets a chance to enter systemic circulation and exert its estrogenic effects [A12102].

    Categories: Hormonal Contraceptives for Systemic Use
  8. Drug

    Debrisoquine

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    Approved

    An adrenergic neuron-blocking drug similar in effects to guanethidine. It is also noteworthy in being a substrate for a polymorphic cytochrome P-450 enzyme. … They are commonly referred to as having a debrisoquin 4-hydroxylase polymorphism.

  9. Drug

    Acetohydroxamic acid

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    It is used, in addition to antibiotics or medical procedures, to treat chronic urea-splitting urinary infections. … Acetohydroxamic Acid, a synthetic drug derived from hydroxylamine and ethyl acetate, is similar in structure to urea. In the urine, it acts as an antagonist of the bacterial enzyme urease.

  10. Drug

    Orphenadrine

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01173
    ApprovedInvestigational

    A muscarinic antagonist used to treat drug-induced parkinsonism and to relieve pain from muscle spasm.

    Synonyms: o-methyldiphenhydramine, o-monomethyldiphenhydramineMixtures: MYOGESIC-O, MYOGESIC-OR