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Acitretin

An oral retinoid effective in the treatment of psoriasis. It is the major metabolite of etretinate with the advantage of a much shorter half-life when compared with etretinate.

Capreomycin

Cyclic peptide antibiotic similar to viomycin. It is produced by Streptomyces capreolus.

Stavudine

A dideoxynucleoside analog that inhibits reverse transcriptase and has in vitro activity against HIV.

Bordetella pertussis pertactin antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)

Methadyl acetate

It is used mainly in the treatment of narcotic dependence.

Cytarabine

Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. … (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472)

Fosamprenavir

Fosamprenavir is a prodrug of amprenavir, an inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease.

Rabies virus inactivated antigen, A

It is an active immunization against rabies that can be administered pre- or post-exposure to the rabies virus. … Rabies virus inactivated antigen, A is an inactivated virus vacine for the intramuscular injection.

Tolbutamide

It is structurally similar to acetohexamide, chlorpropamide and tolazamide and belongs to the sulfonylurea class of insulin secretagogues, which act by stimulating β cells of the pancreas to release insulin … The risk of hypoglycemia is increased in elderly, debilitated and malnourished individuals. Tolbutamide appears to be metabolized in the liver.

Hydroxyzine

Hydroxyzine is a first-generation histamine H₁-receptor antagonist of the dephenylmethane and piperazine classes that exhibits sedative, anxiolytic, and antiemetic properties. … [L9677] The active metabolite of hydroxyzine, [cetirizine], is also available as an active ingredient in allergic medications, and is responsible for much of its hydroxyzine's antihistaminic effect.