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Methaqualone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04833ApprovedIllicitWithdrawnThe sedative-hypnotic activity was first noted by Indian researchers in the 1950s and in 1962 methaqualone itself was patented in the US by Wallace and Tiernan. … It has also been used illegally as a recreational drug, commonly known as Quaaludes, Sopors, Ludes or Mandrax (particularly in the 1970s in North America) depending on the manufacturer.
LC16M8
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05019InvestigationalIt is the only attenuated vaccine to be licensed for use in humans to prevent smallpox infection.
Vindesine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00309ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnVindesine is used extensively in chemotherapy protocols (antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols).
Sulfobromophthalein
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13215ExperimentalSulfobromophthalein or otherwise called bromsulphthalein is used as a test of liver function in humans [A174970].
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingRagweed pollen extract
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05368ApprovedWithdrawnRagweed pollen extract has been developed by Curalogic. The company has initiated a phase III trial with its product for oral immunotherapy of ragweed allergy. While traditional disease-modifying immunotherapeutics are administered by su...
Phosmet
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11448ExperimentalVet approvedIt is mainly used on apple trees to control codling moths. It is also used on other fruit crops, ornamentals, and vines to control aphids, suckers, mites, and fruit flies.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingSPP 301
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05290InvestigationalSPP301 (Avosentan) is a potent and highly selective ET[A] receptor blocker and is clinically investigated in diabetic nephropathy.
Teniposide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00444ApprovedInvestigationalAccumulated breaks in DNA prevent cells from entering into the mitotic phase of the cell cycle, and lead to cell death. Teniposide acts primarily in the G2 and S phases of the cycle. … This complex induces breaks in double stranded DNA and prevents repair by topoisomerase II binding.
Cisapride
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00604ApprovedWithdrawnIn many countries (including Canada) cisapride has been either withdrawn or has had its indications limited due to reports about long QT syndrome due to cisapride, which predisposes to arrhythmias.
Diloxanide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08792ExperimentalDiloxanide (as [Diloxanide furoate]) is an anti-protozoal drug used in the treatment of Entamoeba histolytica and some other protozoal infections. … Although 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.