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Probucol
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01599ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnA drug used to lower LDL and HDL cholesterol yet has little effect on serum-triglyceride or VLDL cholesterol. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p993).
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingLopinavir
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01601ApprovedInvestigational[saquinavir], [nelfinavir]), lopinavir is a peptidomimetic molecule - it contains a hydroxyethylene scaffold that mimics the peptide linkage typically targeted by the HIV-1 protease enzyme but which itself … Ritonavir is a potent inhibitor of the enzymes responsible for lopinavir metabolism, and its co-administration "boosts" lopinavir exposure and improves antiviral activity.
Bacampicillin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01602ApprovedWithdrawnBacampicillin is a prodrug of ampicillin and is microbiologically inactive. It is absorbed following oral administration. … It is microbiologically active as ampicillin, and exerts a bactericidal action through the inhibition of the biosynthesis of cell wall mucopeptides.
Periciazine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01608ApprovedPericiazine is a phenothiazine of the piperidine group. … Pericyazine, like other phenothiazines, is presumed to act principally in the subcortical areas, by producing what has been described as a central adrenergic blockade.
Deferasirox
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01609ApprovedInvestigationalDeferasirox is an iron chelator and the first oral medication FDA approved for chronic iron overload in patients receiving long term blood transfusions.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingHydroxychloroquine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01611ApprovedInvestigational[L8072] A recent study reported a fatality in the group being treated with hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.[A192546] … [L8072] It was developed during World War II as a derivative of [quinacrine] with less severe side effects.
Amyl Nitrite
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01612ApprovedIts use as a prescription medicine comes from its ability to lower blood pressure. As an inhalant, it also has psychoactive effect which has led to illegal drug use.
Acepromazine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01614InvestigationalVet approvedAcepromazine is one of the phenothiazine derivative psychotropic drugs, used little in humans, however frequently in animals as a sedative and antiemetic.
Alverine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01616ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnAlverine is a smooth muscle relaxant used to relieve cramps or spasms of the stomach and intestines. It is therefore useful in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and similar conditions.