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Fidaxomicin

Fidaxomicin is a novel macrolide antibiotic used in the treatment of diarrhea caused by Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile in adult and pediatric patients over the age of 6 months. Fidaxomicin is a naturally-occurring 18-member macrocycle derived from fermentation. Because fidaxomicin contains an 18-membered lactone ring in its structure, it is...
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Matched Description: … bactericidal activity is time-dependent, and not concentration-dependent. ... the treatment of diarrhea caused by _Clostridioides_ (formerly _Clostridium_) _difficile_ in adult and ... [A190492] The antibacterial activity of fidaxomicin is distinct from macrolides and rifamycins, as the …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism …

Flupentixol

Flupentixol is an antipsychotic drug of the thioxanthene group. It exists in two geometric isomers, the trans(E) and pharmacologically active cis(Z) forms. Flupentixol decanoate is one of the active ingredients found in injectable drug formulations: it is produced by esterification of cis(Z)‐flupentixol with decanoic acid. Flupentixol is an antagonist of...
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Matched Description: … [A229083] Flupentixol is an antagonist of both D1 and D2 dopamine receptors. ... It exists in two geometric isomers, the trans(E) and pharmacologically active cis(Z) forms. ... It is approved for use in Canada and other countries around the world, but not in the US. …

Acetylcysteine

Acetylcysteine is an antioxidant and glutathione inducer indicated for mucolytic therapy and the treatment of acetaminophen overdose.[L31378,L31383,L31388,L31478] Acetylcysteine has also been studied for a wide variety of off-label indications with mixed results.[A228158,A228163,A228168] Acetylcysteine was granted FDA approval on 14 September 1963.
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Matched Description: … Acetylcysteine is an antioxidant and glutathione inducer indicated for mucolytic therapy and the treatment …
Matched Mixtures name: … Levomefolate Calcium Acetylcysteine and Mecobalamin Algal ... Levomefolate Calcium, Acetylcysteine, Mecobalamin and Algal …
Matched Categories: … Cough and Cold Preparations ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

Treprostinil

Treprostinil is a stable tricyclic analogue of prostacyclin that promotes the vasodilation of pulmonary and systemic arterial vascular beds and the inhibition of platelet aggregation.[L41855,L41860,L41865] It reduces symptoms in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease.[L41855,L41860] The first agent approved for the treatment...
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Matched Description: … systemic arterial vascular beds and the inhibition of platelet aggregation. ... is a stable tricyclic analogue of prostacyclin[A248770] that promotes the vasodilation of pulmonary and ... [L41855,L41860,L41865] It reduces symptoms in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and …
Matched Categories: … Blood and Blood Forming Organs …

Isoprenaline

Isoprenaline is a non-selective beta adrenergic receptor agonist indicated to treat heart block, Adams-Stokes attacks, bronchospasm in anesthesia, cadiac arrest, hypovolemic shocks, septic shock, hypoperfusion, congestive hear failure, and cardiogenic shock.[A15638,L33160] Isoprenaline research in the 1940s found that this isopropyl analog of epinephrine dilated the bronchi, as well as raising...
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Matched Description: … anesthesia, cadiac arrest, hypovolemic shocks, septic shock, hypoperfusion, congestive hear failure, and ... [A233724,A233729] The US patent from 1943 states that this compound had a wider therapeutic index and ... found that this isopropyl analog of epinephrine dilated the bronchi, as well as raising the heart rate and …
Matched Categories: … Adrenergic and Dopaminergic Agents ... isoprenaline and other drugs for obstructive airway diseases …

Human thrombin

Human thrombin is a sterile solution, pH 6.8-7.2, containing highly purified human thrombin for the activation of clotting. Thrombin is a highly specific serine protease encoded by the F2 gene that transforms soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin. This transformation mimics the final coagulation cascade step which involves the clotting mass...
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Matched Description: … achieves hemostasis and sealing of open tissues. ... the final coagulation cascade step which involves the clotting mass that adheres to the wound surface and …

Varicella zoster vaccine (live/attenuated)

Live attenuated zoster vaccine is available as two products: Zostavax for the prevention of shingles in immunocompetent people over the age of 50, and Varivax for the prevention of chickenpox in individuals 12 months of age and older. While the two vaccines contain the same immunological components and provide protection...
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Matched Description: … the dorsal root ganglion of the central nervous sytem. ... and post-herpetic neuralgia. ... efficacy in preventing postherpetic neuralgia in patients 70 years and older and 91% efficacy in patients …
Matched Mixtures name: … PROQUAD® ( Measles, Mumps, Rubella AND Varicella (Oka/Merck) Virus Vaccine Live, MSD) LYOPHILIZED VACCINE …

Phenyl salicylate

Phenyl salicylate is a 2-hydroxybenzoic acid phenyl ester. It is utilized in some manufacturing processes of polymers, lacquers, adhesives, waxes, as well as polishes. It is an active ingredient in some pharmaceutical products as a mild analgesic for pain relief by releasing salicylate (found in DB00945 ). Phenyl salicylate may...
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Matched Description: … This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as depsides and depsidones. ... It is an active ingredient in some pharmaceutical products as a mild analgesic for pain relief by releasing …
Matched Categories: … Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones ... Miscellaneous Analgesics and Antipyretics …

Vildagliptin

Vildagliptin (LAF237) is an orally active antihyperglycemic agent that selectively inhibits the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) enzyme. It is used to manage type II diabetes mellitus, where GLP-1 secretion and insulinotropic effects are impaired. By inhibiting DPP-4, vildagliptin prevents the degradation of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP),...
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Matched Description: … Elevated levels of GLP-1 and GIP consequently results in improved glycemic control. ... It is used to manage type II diabetes mellitus, where GLP-1 secretion and insulinotropic effects are ... A232488] By inhibiting DPP-4, vildagliptin prevents the degradation of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... metformin and vildagliptin …

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: … patients in the European Union, Brazil, and South Korea. ... Miglustat is now the first and only approved therapy for patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C ... It has recently been approved for treatment of progressive neurological symptoms in adult and pediatric …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Various Alimentary Tract and Metabolism Products …

Pitolisant

Pitolisant is a selective antagonist or inverse agonist of the histamine H3 receptor used to treat type 1 or 2 narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that affects 1 in 2,000 individuals and is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, abnormal REM sleep manifestations, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations. About...
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Matched Description: … [L8063] Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that affects 1 in 2,000 individuals and is characterized ... [A32023] Adolescent patients with cataplexy also experienced a slight improvement in the frequency and ... treating refractory sleepiness in adolescent patients with narcolepsy, where it decreased ESS score and …

Liotrix

Liotrix is a synthetically derived thyroid hormone replacement preparation. It consists of levothyroxine sodium (thyroxine, T4) and liothyronine sodium (triiodothyronine, T3) in a 4 to 1 ratio by weight. Liotrix was developed when it was believed that serum levels of both T4 and T3 were maintained by direct thyroidal secretion....
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Matched Description: … and combination hormone replacement therapy generally offers no therapeutic advantage. ... It consists of levothyroxine sodium (thyroxine, T4) and liothyronine sodium (triiodothyronine, T3) in ... It is now known that the thyroid gland secretes approximately ten times more T4 than T3 and that 80% …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Phentolamine

Phentolamine is a reversible, non-selective alpha-adrenergic blocker that induces vasodilation. While initially introduced to the market for the treatment of hypertension, this clinical use was halted due to cardiovascular and gastrointestinal adverse effects with the prolonged use of large oral doses of phentolamine.[A261781, A261786] It has several therapeutic uses, including...
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Matched Description: … to the market for the treatment of hypertension, this clinical use was halted due to cardiovascular and ... [L48420, L48415, L48390] Phentolamine is administered intravenously, intramuscularly, submucosally, and ... norepinephrine-induced extravasation, diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, reversal of soft-tissue anesthesia, and …

Melatonin

Melatonin is a biogenic amine that is found in animals, plants and microbes. Aaron B. Lerner of Yale University is credited for naming the hormone and for defining its chemical structure in 1958. In mammals, melatonin is produced by the pineal gland. The pineal gland is small endocrine gland, about...
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Nutraceutical
Vet approved
Matched Description: … , fertility and reproduction. ... Melatonin is a biogenic amine that is found in animals, plants and microbes. Aaron B. ... Lerner of Yale University is credited for naming the hormone and for defining its chemical structure …
Matched Categories: … Hypnotics and Sedatives ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Prednisone

A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from cortisone. It is biologically inert and converted to prednisolone in the liver. Prednisone was granted FDA approval on 21 February 1955.
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Vet approved
Matched Description: … [A187463] It is biologically inert and converted to [prednisolone] in the liver. …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Prednisolone and Prodrugs ... Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Daptomycin

Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibacterial agent with a broad spectrum of activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA/MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE).[A231379, A231384, L32534] Chemically, daptomycin comprises 13 amino acids, including several non-standard and D-amino acids, with the C-terminal 10 amino acids forming an ester-linked...
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Matched Description: … -resistant _Staphylococcus aureus_ (MSSA/MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE). ... with a broad spectrum of activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-susceptible and ... [A231379] Daptomycin was approved by the FDA on September 12, 2003, and is marketed under the name …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

Boric acid

Boric acid, also known as hydrogen borate, is a weak monobasic Lewis acid of boron with the chemical formula H3BO3. Boric acid is typically utilized in industrial processing and manufacturing, but is also used as an additive in pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, lotions, soaps, mouthwash, toothpaste, astringents, and eyewashes . It...
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Matched Description: … It is known to exhibit some antibacterial activity against infections such as bacterial vaginosis and ... in pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, lotions, soaps, mouthwash, toothpaste, astringents, and eyewashes ... Boric acid is typically utilized in industrial processing and manufacturing, but is also used as an additive …

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: … trypanosomiasis (HAT, also colloquially referred to as sleeping sickness), caused by _T. brucei gambiense_ and ... [nifurtimox]/[eflornithine] combination therapy (NECT), though [melarsoprol] is highly toxic and each ... meningoencephalitic) stage in which patients experience progressively worsening neurological symptoms and …
Matched Categories: … Agents Against Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis ... Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides and Repellents …

Glutamic acid

A peptide that is a homopolymer of glutamic acid.
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Nutraceutical
Matched Mixtures name: … Aminosyn II and Dextrose ... Aminosyn II and Dextrose ... Glutamic Acid Pepsin and Betaine Tablets …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

Gluconic Acid

Commonly found in salts with sodium and calcium. Gluconic acid or gluconate is used to maintain the cation-anion balance on electrolyte solutions.
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Matched Description: … Commonly found in salts with sodium and calcium. …
Matched Mixtures name: … Normosol-R and Dextrose ... Plasma-Lyte 148 and dextrose ... Normosol-R and Dextrose …

Desipramine

Desipramine hydrochloride is a dibenzazepine-derivative tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). TCAs are structurally similar to phenothiazines. They contain a tricyclic ring system with an alkyl amine substituent on the central ring. In non-depressed individuals, desipramine does not affect mood or arousal, but may cause sedation. In depressed individuals, desipramine exerts a positive...
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Matched Description: … as amitriptyline and clomipramine. ... TCAs are potent inhibitors of serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake. ... reuptake than tertiary amine TCAs, such as amitriptyline and doxepine. …
Matched Categories: … Tricyclics and Other Norepinephrine-reuptake Inhibitors …

Formoterol

Formoterol is an inhaled beta2-agonist used in the management of COPD and asthma that was first approved for use in the United States in 2001. It acts on bronchial smooth muscle to dilate and relax airways, and is administered as a racemic mixture of its active (R;R)- and inactive (S;S)-enantiomers....
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Matched Description: … [L10986] It acts on bronchial smooth muscle to dilate and relax airways, and is administered as a racemic ... mixture of its active (R;R)- and inactive (S;S)-enantiomers. ... Formoterol is an inhaled beta2-agonist used in the management of COPD and asthma that was …
Matched Mixtures name: … Budesonide and Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate ... Budesonide and Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate ... Budesonide and Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate …
Matched Categories: … formoterol and mometasone ... formoterol and budesonide ... formoterol and fluticasone ... formoterol and beclometasone ... formoterol and aclidinium bromide …

Cyproheptadine

Cyproheptadine is a potent competitive antagonist of both serotonin and histamine receptors. It is used primarily to treat allergic symptoms, though it is perhaps more notable for its use in appetite stimulation and its off-label use in the treatment of serotonin syndrome.
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Matched Description: … Cyproheptadine is a potent competitive antagonist of both serotonin and histamine receptors. ... treat allergic symptoms, though it is perhaps more notable for its use in appetite stimulation[L32519] and …

Sodium borate

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Experimental

Mitapivat

Mitapivat is a novel, first-in-class pyruvate kinase activator. It works to increase the activity of erythrocyte pyruvate kinase, a key enzyme involved in the survival of red blood cells. Defects in the pyruvate kinase enzyme in various red blood cells disorders lead to the lack of energy production for red...
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Matched Description: … alpha- and beta-thalassemia. ... other hereditary red blood cell disorders associated with hemolytic anemia, such as sickle cell disease and …
Matched Categories: … Blood and Blood Forming Organs ... Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones ... Gynecological Antiinfectives and Antiseptics …
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