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Cyclopentamine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08999ApprovedWithdrawnIt has been widely discontinued due to the safety, effectiveness, and availability of a similar drug, propylhexedrine. … Cyclopentamine was an over the counter treatment for nasal congestion in Europe and Australia.
Benfluorex
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09022ApprovedWithdrawnThis recommendation was based on the risks (especially fenfluramine-like cardiovascular side-effects) outweighing the benefits. … The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended withdrawing all benfluorex containing medicines on 18 December 2009.
Albumin iodinated I-131 serum
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09430ApprovedIodinated I-131 serum albumin is a radiopharmaceutical agent used for several diagnostic purposes, including the determination of body fluid volumes and the imaging of certain tissues.[L12783]
Apronalide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13221ApprovedApronalide has been withdrawn from the market in many other countries due to patient development of thrombocytopenic purpura [A174814].
Chlorphenoxamine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09007ApprovedWithdrawnChlorphenoxamine is marketed under the name Phenoxene. It is an antihistamine and anticholinergic used to treat itching as well as for its antiparkinsonian effect.
Megestrol
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB19378ApprovedCategories: Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital SystemPinacidil
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06762ApprovedThe above processes result in reduced blood pressure. This drug has been discontinued by the FDA. … Pinacidil is a cyanoguanidine drug that acts by opening ATP-sensitive potassium channels, leading to peripheral vasodilatation of arterioles and decreasing peripheral vascular resistance.
Diloxanide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08792ExperimentalAlthough it is not currently approved for use in the United States, it was approved by a CDC study in the treatment of 4,371 cases of Entamoeba histolytica from 1977 to 1990. … Diloxanide (as [Diloxanide furoate]) is an anti-protozoal drug used in the treatment of Entamoeba histolytica and some other protozoal infections.
Tofisopam
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08811InvestigationalIn contrast to classical 1,4-benzodiazepines, the compound does not bind to the benzodiazepine binding site of the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor and its psychopharmacological profile differs from such … The D-enantiomer ([dextofisopam]) is currently in phase II trials in the U.S. for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.
Pagoclone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04903InvestigationalPagoclone is an anxiolytic drug from the cyclopyrrolone family, which is related to other more well known drugs such as the sleeping medication zopiclone. … It is one of a relatively recently developed class of medicines known as the nonbenzodiazepines, which have similar effects to the older benzodiazepine group, but with quite different chemical structures