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Magnesium acetate tetrahydrate
Magnesium acetate tetrahydrate is a hydrated form of anhydrous magnesium acetate salt with the chemical formula of Mg(CH3COO)2 • 4H2O. As a salt form of magnesium, magnesium acetate is one of the bioavailable forms of magnesium and forms a very water soluble compound. Magnesium is an essential element and second...
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Matched Description: … a very water soluble compound. ... Magnesium acetate tetrahydrate is a hydrated form of anhydrous magnesium acetate salt with the chemical ... As a salt form of magnesium, magnesium acetate is one of the bioavailable forms of magnesium and forms …
Fexinidazole
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, also colloquially referred to as sleeping sickness), caused by T. brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense, remains a moderate risk (>1/10,000 inhabitants per year in endemic areas) despite focussed control efforts. Transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly, HAT is biphasic with a first...
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Matched Description: … referred to as sleeping sickness), caused by _T. brucei gambiense_ and _T. brucei rhodesiense_, remains a ... Transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly, HAT is biphasic with a first (hemolymphatic) stage ... [A237555, A237560]
Fexinidazole received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA …
Methadone
Methadone is a potent synthetic analgesic that works as a full µ-opioid receptor (MOR) agonist and N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist. As a full MOR agonist, methadone mimics the natural effects of the body's opioids, endorphins, and enkephalins through the release of neurotransmitters involved in pain transmission. It also has a...
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Matched Description: … , and a long duration of action. ... Methadone is a potent synthetic analgesic that works as a full µ-opioid receptor (MOR) agonist and N-methyl-d-aspartate ... However, it also has a unique pharmacokinetic profile. …
Artemisia californica pollen
Artemisia californica pollen is the pollen of the Artemisia californica plant. Artemisia californica pollen is mainly used in allergenic testing.
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Calcium glubionate anhydrous
Calcium glubionate (or glubionate calcium) is a mineral supplement to prevent or treat low blood calcium levels in people who do not get enough calcium from their diets.
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Matched Description: … Calcium glubionate (or glubionate calcium) is a mineral supplement to prevent or treat low blood calcium …
Miglustat
Miglustat, commonly marketed under the trade name Zavesca, is a drug used to treat Gaucher disease. It inhibits the enzyme glucosylceramide synthase, an essential enzyme for the synthesis of most glycosphingolipids. It is only used for patients who cannot be treated with enzyme replacement therapy with imiglucerase. Miglustat is now...
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Matched Description: … Miglustat, commonly marketed under the trade name Zavesca, is a drug used to treat Gaucher disease. ... with miglustat showed that therapeutic levels of the drug could not be achieved in patients without a …
Tiagabine
Tiagabine is an anti-convulsive medication. It is also used in the treatment for panic disorder as are a few other anticonvulsants. Though the exact mechanism by which tiagabine exerts its effect on the human body is unknown, it does appear to operate as a selective GABA reuptake inhibitor.
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Matched Description: … It is also used in the treatment for panic disorder as are a few other anticonvulsants. ... mechanism by which tiagabine exerts its effect on the human body is unknown, it does appear to operate as a …
Cabotegravir
Cabotegravir, or GSK1265744, is an HIV-1 integrase inhibitor that is prescribed with the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, rilpivirine.[A227668,L31188,L31193] Early research into cabotegravir showed it had lower oral bioavailability than dolutegravir, which resulted in the development of long acting monthly intramuscular injection formulation for cabotegravir.[A227668,L31193]
Cabotegravir was granted FDA approval on...
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Midodrine
An ethanolamine derivative that is an adrenergic alpha agonist. It is used as a vasoconstrictor agent in the treatment of hypotension.
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Matched Description: … It is used as a vasoconstrictor agent in the treatment of hypotension. …
Ipecac
Ipecac is obtained from the plant Cephaelis ipecacuanha and contains a number of emetic alkaloids including emetine and cephaeline. Ipecac was approved by Health Canada as an OTC but all those products are now discontinued. The FDA does not have currently any approved product containing ipecac, however, ipecac as an...
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Matched Description: … Ipecac is obtained from the plant _Cephaelis ipecacuanha_ and contains a number of emetic alkaloids including …
Potassium citrate
Potassium citrate (also known as tripotassium citrate) is a potassium salt of citric acid. It is a white, hygroscopic crystalline powder. It is odorless with a saline taste. It contains 38.3% potassium by mass. In the monohydrate form it is highly hygroscopic and deliquescent.
Potassium citrate is used to treat...
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Matched Description: … It is a white, hygroscopic crystalline powder. It is odorless with a saline taste. ... Potassium citrate (also known as tripotassium citrate) is a potassium salt of citric acid. ... Potassium citrate is used to treat a kidney stone condition called renal tubular acidosis. …
Methylergometrine
A homolog of ergonovine containing one more CH2 group. (Merck Index, 11th ed)
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Matched Description: … A homolog of ergonovine containing one more CH2 group. (Merck Index, 11th ed) …
Vernakalant
Vernakalant was developed by Cardiome Pharma as as an antiarrhythmic drug intended for rapid conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm. It acts as an atypical class III antiarrhythmic drug that potentiates its effect in higher heart rates. Intravenous formulation was approved in Europe in September 2010 as Brinavess and...
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Cefixime
Bacteria possess a cell wall comprising a glycopeptide polymer commonly known as peptidoglycan, which is synthesized and remodelled through the action of a family of enzymes known as "penicillin-binding proteins" (PBPs). β-lactam antibiotics, including cephalosporins, are PBP inhibitors that, through inhibition of essential PBPs, result in impaired cell wall homeostasis,...
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Matched Description: … Bacteria possess a cell wall comprising a glycopeptide polymer commonly known as peptidoglycan, which ... is synthesized and remodelled through the action of a family of enzymes known as "penicillin-binding ... [A262995]
Third-generation cephalosporins are often a first-line therapy against certain bacterial …
Dextropropoxyphene
Dextropropoxyphene is an opioid analgesic manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company. It is used in the symptomatic treatment of mild pain. It displays antitussive and local anaesthetic actions. Due to the risk of cardiac arrhythmias and overdose, possibly leading to death, dextropropoxyphene has been withdrawn from the market in Europe...
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Matched Description: … The levo-isomer appears to exhibit a very limited antitussive effect. …
Imiquimod
Imiquimod is an immune response modifier that acts as a toll-like receptor 7 agonist. Imiquimod is commonly used topically to treat warts on the skin of the genital and anal areas. Imiquimod does not cure warts, and new warts may appear during treatment. Imiquimod does not fight the viruses that...
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Matched Description: … Imiquimod is an immune response modifier that acts as a toll-like receptor 7 agonist. ... Miquimod is also used to treat a skin condition of the face and scalp called actinic keratoses and certain …
Daridorexant
Daridorexant, formerly known as nemorexant, is a selective dual orexin receptor antagonist used to treat insomnia. Insomnia is characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance and impairment of daytime functioning. It chronically affects the person's daily functioning and long-term health effects, as insomnia is often associated with comorbidities...
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Matched Description: … Conventional treatments for insomnia include drugs targeting gamma-aminobutyric acid type-A (GABA-A), ... Daridorexant, formerly known as nemorexant, is a selective dual orexin receptor antagonist used to treat …
Plasminogen
Plasminogen is a pro-enzyme (i.e. a zymogen) which is cleaved to form plasmin - also known as fibrinolysin - as part of the fibrinolytic pathway that breaks down fibrin blood clots. This pathway is activated when a clot is no longer needed or to prevent a clot from extending beyond...
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Matched Description: … Plasminogen is a pro-enzyme (i.e. a zymogen) which is cleaved to form plasmin - also known as [fibrinolysin ... [A236035] This pathway is activated when a clot is no longer needed or to prevent a clot from extending ... [L34635]
In June 2021, the FDA approved a plasma-derived plasminogen (Ryplazim, human plasminogen-tvmh …
Atriplex confertifolia pollen
Atriplex confertifolia pollen is the pollen of the Atriplex confertifolia plant. Atriplex confertifolia pollen is mainly used in allergenic testing.
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Ethambutol
Ethambutol is a bacteriostatic agent indicated alongside medications such as isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Ethambutol was first described in the literature in 1961. It was developed out of a need for therapies active against isoniazid resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ethambutol was granted FDA...
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Matched Description: … Ethambutol is a bacteriostatic agent indicated alongside medications such as [isoniazid], [rifampin], ... [A229048] It was developed out of a need for therapies active against isoniazid resistant strains of …
Nebivolol
Nebivolol is a racemic mixture of 2 enantiomers where one is a beta adrenergic antagonist and the other acts as a cardiac stimulant without beta adrenergic activity. Treatment with nebivolol leads to a greater decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure than atenolol, propranolol, or pindolol. Nebivolol and other beta...
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Matched Description: … Nebivolol is a racemic mixture of 2 enantiomers where one is a beta adrenergic antagonist and the other ... acts as a cardiac stimulant without beta adrenergic activity. ... [A182579] Treatment with nebivolol leads to a greater decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure …
Heparin
Unfractionated heparin (UH) is a heterogenous preparation of anionic, sulfated glycosaminoglycan polymers with weights ranging from 3000 to 30,000 Da. It is a naturally occurring anticoagulant released from mast cells. It binds reversibly to antithrombin III (ATIII) and greatly accelerates the rate at which ATIII inactivates coagulation enzymes thrombin (factor...
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Matched Description: … It is a naturally occurring anticoagulant released from mast cells. ... Unfractionated heparin (UH) is a heterogenous preparation of anionic, sulfated glycosaminoglycan polymers ... infusions; activated partial prothrombin time (aPTT) monitoring is required when using UH; and UH has a …
Lumiracoxib
Lumiracoxib is a COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). On August 11, 2007, Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA, the Australian equivalent of the FDA) cancelled the registration of lumiracoxib in Australia due to concerns that it may cause liver failure. New Zealand and Canada have also followed suit in recalling...
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Matched Description: … Lumiracoxib is a COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). …
Idarucizumab
Idarucizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) derived from an immunoglobulin G1 isotype molecule that binds to and inactivates the oral anticoagulant dabigatran, thereby reversing its anticoagulant effect. As a direct acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC), one of the risks associated with the use of dabigatran includes bleeding, espeically when...
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Matched Description: … Idarucizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) derived from an immunoglobulin G1 isotype ... As a direct acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC), one of the risks associated with the use of dabigatran …
Citalopram
Citalopram is an antidepressant belonging to the class of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) widely used to treat the symptoms of depression. It is a racemic bicyclic phthalate derivate and is the only compound with a tertiary amine and 2 nitrogen-containing metabolites among all SSRIs.[A261316,A14720] Citalopram enhances serotonergic transmission through the...
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Matched Description: … It is a racemic bicyclic phthalate derivate and is the only compound with a tertiary amine and 2 nitrogen-containing ... [A261316,A14720] Specifically, it has a very minimal effect on dopamine and norepinephrine transportation …
Matched Categories: … Monoamine Oxidase A Substrates …
Matched Categories: … Monoamine Oxidase A Substrates …
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