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Flavoxate
A drug that has been used in various urinary syndromes and as an antispasmodic. Its therapeutic usefulness and its mechanism of action are not clear. It may have local anesthetic activity and direct relaxing effects on smooth muscle as well as some activity as a muscarinic antagonist. [PubChem]
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Hydroxyprogesterone caproate
Hydroxyprogesterone caproate is a synthetic steroid hormone that is similar to medroxyprogesterone acetate and megestrol acetate. It is an ester derivative of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone formed from caproic acid (hexanoic acid). Hydroxyprogesterone caproate was previously marketed under the trade name Delalutin by Squibb, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...
Approved
Investigational
Zafirlukast
Zafirlukast is an oral leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) for the maintenance treatment of asthma, often used in conjunction with an inhaled steroid and/or long-acting bronchodilator. It is available as a tablet and is usually dosed twice daily. Another leukotriene receptor antagonist is montelukast (Singulair), which is usually taken just once...
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Investigational
Oxybuprocaine
Oxybuprocaine (also known as Benoxinate) is a local anesthetic, which is used especially in ophthalmology and otolaryngology. Oxybuprocaine binds to sodium channels and reversibly stabilizes the neuronal membrane which decreases its permeability to sodium ions.
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Bacillus calmette-guerin substrain connaught live antigen
Bacillus calmette-guerin substrain connaught live antigen is intravesically administered for the treatment and prophylaxis of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder and for the prophylaxis of primary or recurrent stage Ta and/or T1 papillary tumors following transurethral resection (TUR). The solution contains live, attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis....
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Investigational
Isradipine
Isradipine belongs to the dihydropyridine (DHP) class of calcium channel blockers (CCBs), the most widely used class of CCBs. It is structurally related to felodipine, nifedipine, and nimodipine and is the most potent calcium-channel blocking agent of the DHP class. Isradipine binds to calcium channels with high affinity and specificity...
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Icodextrin
Icodextrin is an iso-osmotic peritoneal dialysis solution containing glucose polymers. It is used primarily for ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) of diabetic patients and automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) for patients with end-stage renal disease. It is injected as a solution into the peritoneal cavity. The drug is absorbed via convective transport...
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Investigational
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta is a chemically synthesised Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agent (ESA) with a longer half-life than erythropoietin. ESA is used to increase synthesis of red blood cells to treat chronic kidney disease associated anemia.
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Juniperus virginiana pollen
Juniperus virginiana pollen is the pollen of the Juniperus virginiana plant. Juniperus virginiana pollen is mainly used in allergenic testing.
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Raxtozinameran
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Lactitol
Lactitol, also known as 4-β-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucitol, is a sugar alcohol synthesized from lactose. It is used in food manufacturing as a nutritive sweetener and is approximately 35% as sweet as table sugar (i.e. sucrose). Clinically, lactitol has been investigated for use as an osmotic laxative and, along with other non-absorbable disaccharides...
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Investigational
Givosiran
Givosiran is a small interfering RNA (siRNA) directed towards 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase, a critical enzyme in the heme biosynthesis pathway. It is manufactured by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and was first approved for use in the United States in November 2019 for the treatment of adults with acute hepatic porphyria, a genetic...
Approved
Investigational
Artemisia californica pollen
Artemisia californica pollen is the pollen of the Artemisia californica plant. Artemisia californica pollen is mainly used in allergenic testing.
Approved
Dicoria canescens pollen
Dicoria canescens pollen is the pollen of the Dicoria canescens plant. Dicoria canescens pollen is mainly used in allergenic testing.
Approved
Benzoic acid
A fungistatic compound that is widely used as a food preservative. It is conjugated to GLYCINE in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid. As the sodium salt form, sodium benzoate is used as a treatment for urea cycle disorders due to its ability to bind amino acids. This leads...
Approved
Investigational
Fenoprofen
An anti-inflammatory analgesic and antipyretic highly bound to plasma proteins. It is pharmacologically similar to aspirin, but causes less gastrointestinal bleeding.
Approved
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.
Approved
Vet approved
Acer macrophyllum pollen
Acer macrophyllum pollen is the pollen of the Acer macrophyllum plant. Acer macrophyllum pollen is mainly used in allergenic testing.
Approved
Ertapenem
Ertapenem is a 1-β methyl-carbapenem that is structurally related to beta-lactam antibiotics. It was first authorized for use in the US in November 2001 and in Europe in April 2002. Shown to be effective against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, ertapenem is used to...
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Investigational
Sevoflurane
Sevoflurane is an ether inhalation anesthetic agent used to induce and maintain general anesthesia. It is a volatile, non-flammable compound with a low solubility profile and blood/gas partition coefficient. Sevoflurane was patented in 1972, was approved for clinical use in Japan in 1990, and approved by the FDA in 1996....
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Vet approved
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba extract contains a group of terpene lactones (notably, ginkgolides and diterpenes) and ginkgo flavone glycosides (notably, ginkgetin, bilobetin, and sciadopitysin) that have antioxidant and vasoactive properties. Most of the studies that investigate the effect of ginkgo biloba use the standardized extract of Ginkgo biloba (EGb) 761 (EGb761), which...
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Investigational
Nutraceutical
Matched Description: … Lactones include ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, bilobalide, and ginkgotoxin, a lactone that …
Thyroid, porcine
Thyroid extract is dried and powdered thyroid glands from pigs containing tiiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) used to supplement low or absent thyroid activity.[A190831,L11755] Thyroid extract has been described in literature to treat hypothyroidism since 1891 but its use dates back as far as the 6th century. Thyroid extract is...
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Elotuzumab
Elotuzumab is a humanized IgG1 (Immunoglobulin G) monoclonal antibody indicated in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received one to three prior therapies. Elotuzumab targets SLAMF7, also known as Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family member 7, a cell surface glycoprotein. Elotuzumab...
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Chikungunya vaccine (live, attenuated)
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a member of the Alphavirus genus that was first identified in Tanzania in 1952. It is spread primarily by the bite of infected mosquitos of the Aedes genus. Infection with CHIKV causes chikungunya fever, an illness characterized by acute fever and severe, persistent arthralgia. Prior to...
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