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Anagrelide is a platelet-reducing agent used to lower dangerously elevated platelet levels (i.e. to treat thrombocythemia) in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms. It is an oral imidazoquinazoline that was first approved for use in the US in 1997. It appears to carry a better response rate than other thrombocythemia treatments (e.g....
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Matched Description: … [busulfan], [hydroxyurea]) and may be better tolerated.[A214274] …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Deferiprone is an oral iron chelator used as a second line agent in thalassemia syndromes when iron overload from blood transfusions occurs. Thalassemias are a type of hereditary anaemia due a defect in the production of hemoglobin. As a result, erythropoiesis, the production of new red blood cells, is impaired....
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Alirocumab is a biopharmaceutical that obtained FDA approval in July 2015 as a second line treatment for high cholesterol in adults whose LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) is not controlled by the combination of diet and statin treatment. It is a human monoclonal antibody part of the family of the PCSK9 inhibitors which...
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Matched Description: … high cholesterol in adults whose LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) is not controlled by the combination of diet and ... FDA approval was contingent on the completion of further clinical trials to better determine efficacy and
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Dimethicone is a silicone-based polymer used as a moisturizer in different skin OTC products. It is formed by repeated polymeric units of -(CH3)2SiO- with a terminal trimethyl siloxy unit. It is currently recognized by the FDA as a skin protectant OTC ingredient for human use in a concentration of 1-30%....
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Matched Description: … It is reported that the term dimethicone includes the notation of polydimethylsiloxane and trimethylsiloxy-terminated …
A beta-adrenergic agonist that causes direct relaxation of uterine and vascular smooth muscle. Its vasodilating actions are greater on the arteries supplying skeletal muscle than on those supplying skin. It is used in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease and in premature labor.
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Matched Description: … It is used in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease and in premature labor. ... A beta-adrenergic agonist that causes direct relaxation of uterine and vascular smooth muscle. …
Benziodarone is a uricostatic and a uricosuric agent which is sold also under the name Amplivex-Labaz. It is used in the treatment of gout . It was withdrawn from France markets and British markets due to its effects causing Jaundice in patients [T487, A175636].
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Matched Description: … Benziodarone is a uricostatic and a uricosuric agent which is sold also under the name Amplivex-Labaz ... It was withdrawn from France markets and British markets due to its effects causing Jaundice in patients …
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Desloratadine is a second generation, tricyclic antihistamine that which has a selective and peripheral H1-antagonist action. It is the active descarboethoxy metabolite of loratidine (a second generation histamine). Desloratidine has a long-lasting effect and does not cause drowsiness because it does not readily enter the central nervous system.
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Matched Description: … Desloratadine is a second generation, tricyclic antihistamine that which has a selective and peripheral ... Desloratidine has a long-lasting effect and does not cause drowsiness because it does not readily enter …
Matched Categories: … Loratadine and derivatives …
Rasagiline is an irreversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase and is used as a monotherapy in early Parkinson's disease or as an adjunct therapy in more advanced cases.
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Matched Description: … Rasagiline is an irreversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase and is used as a monotherapy in early Parkinson's …
Iopamidol is a contrast agent developed by Bracco with nonionic, low-osmolar properties.
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Temoporfin is a photosensitizing agent used in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck [FDA Label]. It was first authorized for market by the European Medicines Agency in October 2001. It is currently available under the brand name Foscan.
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Matched Description: … Temoporfin is a photosensitizing agent used in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
A propylamine formed from the cyclization of the side chain of amphetamine. This monoamine oxidase inhibitor is effective in the treatment of major depression, dysthymic disorder, and atypical depression. It also is useful in panic and phobic disorders (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p311). Tranylcypromine is a racemate comprising...
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Matched Description: … monoamine oxidase inhibitor is effective in the treatment of major depression, dysthymic disorder, and ... It also is useful in panic and phobic disorders (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p311). ... Tranylcypromine is a racemate comprising equal amounts of (1R,2S)- and (1S,2R)-2-phenylcyclopropan-1- …
Maprotiline is a tetracyclic antidepressant with similar pharmacological properties to tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). Similar to TCAs, maprotiline inhibits neuronal norepinephrine reuptake, possesses some anticholinergic activity, and does not affect monoamine oxidase activity. It differs from TCAs in that it does not appear to block serotonin reuptake. Maprotiline may be used...
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Matched Description: … TCAs, maprotiline inhibits neuronal norepinephrine reuptake, possesses some anticholinergic activity, and ... be used to treat depressive affective disorders, including dysthymic disorder (depressive neurosis) and
Matched Categories: … Tricyclics and Other Norepinephrine-reuptake Inhibitors …
Calfactant is a sterile, non-pyrogenic lung surfactant intended for intratracheal instillation. It is an off-white suspension of an extract of natural surfactant from calf lungs suspended in 0.9% saline. Each milliliter of calfactant contains 35mg of phospholipids (including 26 mg phosphatidylcholine of which 16 mg is disaturated phosphatidylcholine) and 0.65mg...
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Matched Description: … 0.65mg of proteins including surfactant-associated proteins B and C. ... phospholipids (including 26 mg phosphatidylcholine of which 16 mg is disaturated phosphatidylcholine) and ... decrease the incidence of respiratory distress syndrome, mortality due to respiratory distress syndrome, and
Foreskin fibroblast-like stromal cells (FDSCs) are progenitors isolated from human tissue that can differentiate into various cell types . Also known as Dermagraft, this device is a cryopreserved human fibroblast-derived dermal substitute. Composed of fibroblasts, extracellular matrix, and a bioabsorbable scaffold, it effectively supports wound healing . Dermagraft has only...
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Matched Description: … , as well as New Zealand and Australia. ... The impact of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) on individuals and society is devastating. ... Composed of fibroblasts, extracellular matrix, and a bioabsorbable scaffold, it effectively supports …
Yellow fever vaccine prevents against Yellow Fever, a viral hemorrhagic disease caused by the transmission of a flavivirus through the bite of an infected mosquito. Symptoms of Yellow fever can range from asymptomatic, to mild flu-like illness, to more severe symptoms such as shock, jaundice, internal bleeding, and organ failure...
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Matched Description: … of yellow fever in pediatric patients 9 months of age and older. ... Interestingly, Yellow fever got its name from the characteristic yellowing of the skin and eyes that ... Vaccination with Yellow Fever vaccine is therefore considered to be the most important and effective …
An antibiotic that is produced by Stretomyces achromogenes. It is used as an antineoplastic agent and to induce diabetes in experimental animals.
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Matched Description: … It is used as an antineoplastic agent and to induce diabetes in experimental animals. …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
An alpha-adrenergic agonist that causes prolonged peripheral vasoconstriction. It has little if any direct effect on the central nervous system.
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Matched Categories: … Adrenergic and Dopaminergic Agents …
A dopamine D1 receptor agonist that is used as an antihypertensive agent. It lowers blood pressure through arteriolar vasodilation.
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Matched Categories: … Adrenergic and Dopaminergic Agents …
Kinetin is a cytokinin which are plant hormones promotes cell division and plant growth. It was shown to naturally exist in DNA of organisms including humans and various plants. While kinetin is used in tissue cultures to produce new plants, it is also found in cosmetic products as an anti-aging...
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Matched Description: … Kinetin is a cytokinin which are plant hormones promotes cell division and plant growth. ... It was shown to naturally exist in DNA of organisms including humans and various plants. …
Sodium bisulfite has been used externally for parasitic skin diseases and as a gastrointestinal antiseptic.
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Matched Description: … Sodium bisulfite has been used externally for parasitic skin diseases and as a gastrointestinal antiseptic …
Allogeneic processed thymus tissue is used for immune reconstitution in immune disorders where the patients are severely immunocompromised due to the absence of a functional thymus, such as congenital athymia. As part of the immune system, the thymus is an organ responsible for the maturation and selection of T cells...
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Matched Description: … As part of the immune system, the thymus is an organ responsible for the maturation and selection of ... T cells [A239814]; thus, patients without a functional thymus experience profound immunodeficiency and ... [L38929] Congenital athymia is a rare condition that leads to the absence of a thymus at birth and a …
Trihexyphenidyl is a centrally acting muscarinic antagonist used for treatment of parkinsonism and drug-induced extrapyramidal disorders.[L31773,L31778] Its discovery was published in 1949 in a study looking for drugs with antispasmodic activity. Trihexyphenidyl is rarely used in the treatment of parkinsonism, and is not a first line treatment due to significant...
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Matched Description: … Trihexyphenidyl is a centrally acting muscarinic antagonist used for treatment of parkinsonism and drug-induced ... [A229103] Trihexyphenidyl is rarely used in the treatment of parkinsonism, and is not a first line treatment …
A drug formerly used as an antipsychotic but now used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of various hyperkinetic disorders. It is a monoamine depletor and used as symptomatic treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease. FDA approved on August 15, 2008.
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Matched Description: … It is a monoamine depletor and used as symptomatic treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease …
Matched Categories: … Tetrabenazine and isomer …
A phenothiazine with actions similar to chlorpromazine. It is used as an antipsychotic and an antiemetic.
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Matched Description: … It is used as an antipsychotic and an antiemetic. …
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