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Pregabalin

Pregabalin is structurally similar to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) - an inhibitory neurotransmitter. It may be used to manage neuropathic pain, postherpetic neuralgia, and fibromyalgia among other conditions. Although as per the FDA Label the mechanism of action has not been definitively characterized, there is evidence that pregabalin exerts its effects...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … (3S)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid …
Matched Description: … Pregabalin is structurally similar to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) - an inhibitory neurotransmitter ... [A173995] It may be used to manage neuropathic pain, postherpetic neuralgia, and fibromyalgia among other ... [A187190,L7066] Pregabalin is marketed by Pfizer under the trade name Lyrica and Lyrica Cr (extended …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

Fluorometholone

A glucocorticoid employed, usually as eye drops, in the treatment of allergic and inflammatory conditions of the eye. It has also been used topically in the treatment of various skin disorders. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p732)
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … A glucocorticoid employed, usually as eye drops, in the treatment of allergic and inflammatory conditions …
Matched Categories: … fluorometholone and mydriatics ... fluorometholone and antibiotics ... fluorometholone and antiinfectives ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists ... Agents for Treatment of Hemorrhoids and Anal Fissures for Topical Use …

Tenoxicam

Tenoxicam, an antiinflammatory agent with analgesic and antipyretic properties, is used to treat osteoarthritis and control acute pain.
Approved
Matched Description: … and control acute pain. ... Tenoxicam, an antiinflammatory agent with analgesic and antipyretic properties, is used to treat osteoarthritis …
Matched Categories: … Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products ... Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products, Non-Steroids …

Medroxyprogesterone acetate

Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is a progesterone derivative that is more resistant to metabolism for improved pharmacokinetic properties. MPA can be use to treat secondary amenorrhea, endometrial hyperplasia, abnormal uterine bleeding, osteoporosis, vasomotor symptoms in menopause, vulvar and vaginal atrophy, prevent pregnancy, manage pain in endometriosis, prevent pregnancy, and is also...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … in palliative care for endometrial and renal carcinoma. ... vaginal atrophy, prevent pregnancy, manage pain in endometriosis, prevent pregnancy, and is also used ... endometrial hyperplasia, abnormal uterine bleeding, osteoporosis, vasomotor symptoms in menopause, vulvar and …
Matched Categories: … Hormones and Related Agents ... Progesterone and Derivatives ... medroxyprogesterone and estrogen ... medroxyprogesterone and estrogen ... medroxyprogesterone and estradiol …

Levetiracetam

Levetiracetam is a drug within the pyrrolidine class that is used to treat various types of seizures stemming from epileptic disorders. It was first approved for use in the United States in 1999 and is structurally and mechanistically unrelated to other anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).[L8606,L8600,L8615] Levetiracetam possesses a wide therapeutic index[L8615,A185918]...
Approved
Matched Description: … It was first approved for use in the United States in 1999 and is structurally and mechanistically unrelated ... [L8606,L8600,L8615] Levetiracetam possesses a wide therapeutic index[L8615,A185918] and little-to-no ... choice over other AEDs, a class of drugs notorious for having generally narrow therapeutic indexes and …

Cilazapril

Cilazapril is an ACE inhibtor class drug used in the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. It belongs to the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) class of drugs. It is a prodrug that is hydrolyzed after absorption to its main metabolite cilazaprilat. It is branded as Inhibace in Canada and...
Approved
Matched Iupac: … ethoxy-1-oxo-4-phenylbutan-2-yl]amino}-10-oxo-octahydro-1H-pyridazino[1,2-a][1,2]diazepine-1-carboxylic acid …
Matched Description: … It is branded as Inhibace in Canada and other countries, Vascace and Dynorm in a number of European countries ... Cilazapril is an ACE inhibtor class drug used in the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. …
Matched Categories: … ACE Inhibitors and Diuretics ... cilazapril and diuretics …

Ketazolam

Ketazolam is a benzodiazepine derivative with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant activity. Ketazolam is not approved in Canada or America.
Approved
Matched Description: … Ketazolam is a benzodiazepine derivative with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle …
Matched Categories: … Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine derivatives …

Pyrantel

Pyrantel is a pyrimidine-derivative anthelmintic agent for the oral treatment of various parasitic worm infections including ascariasis, hookworm infections, enterobiasis (pinworm infection), trichostrongyliasis, and trichinellosis . Pyrantel was initially described in 1965 by researchers from Pfizer who sought cyclic amidines with suitable pharmacokinetic properties (specifically, duration of action) for use...
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … Pyrantel is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, which are the safest and ... Pyrantel is mainly available in formulations for dogs and cats as the embonate salt, containing a 34.7% ... infections including ascariasis, hookworm infections, enterobiasis (pinworm infection), trichostrongyliasis, and …
Matched Categories: … Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides and Repellents …

Hydroxyzine

Hydroxyzine is a first-generation histamine H1-receptor antagonist of the dephenylmethane and piperazine classes that exhibits sedative, anxiolytic, and antiemetic properties.[A1257,A187589] It was first developed in 1955, and has since remained a relatively common treatment for allergic conditions such as pruritus, urticaria, dermatoses, and histamine-mediated pruritus. The active metabolite of hydroxyzine,...
Approved
Matched Description: … piperazine classes that exhibits sedative, anxiolytic, and antiemetic properties. ... Hydroxyzine is a first-generation histamine H1-receptor antagonist of the dephenylmethane and ... for allergic conditions such as pruritus, urticaria, dermatoses, and histamine-mediated pruritus. …
Matched Categories: … Miscellaneous Anxiolytics Sedatives and Hypnotics …

Encainide

All drug products containing encainide hydrochloride. Encainide hydrochloride, formerly marketed as Enkaid capsules, was associated with increased death rates in patients who had asymptomatic heart rhythm abnormalities after a recent heart attack. The manufacturer of Enkaid capsules voluntarily withdrew the product from the US market on December 16, 1991.
Approved
Investigational
Withdrawn

Parathyroid hormone

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a single-chain polypeptide composed of 84 amino acids. Available as Preotact, it is an identical form of human recombinant hormome which produced as a fusion protein undergoeing post-translational processing involving the cleavage of the OmpA leader sequence, leaving the mature protein as a single-chain 84 amino-acids...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ... The name Preos and the New Drug Application is pending approval by the U.S. ... used in the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of osteoporotic fractures and …
Matched Categories: … Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Parathyroid Hormones and Analogues ... Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Axitinib

Axitinib is a second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor that works by selectively inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3). Through this mechanism of action, axitinib blocks angiogenesis, tumour growth and metastases. It is reported to exhibit potency that is 50-450 times higher than that of the first generation...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [L6676] Through this mechanism of action, axitinib blocks angiogenesis, tumour growth and metastases. ... [A179398] It is most commonly marketed under the name Inlyta® and is available in oral formulations. …
Matched Categories: … Benzamides and benzamide derivatives ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Ombitasvir

Ombitasvir is a direct acting antiviral medication used as part of combination therapy to treat chronic Hepatitis C, an infectious liver disease caused by infection with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). HCV is a single-stranded RNA virus that is categorized into nine distinct genotypes, with genotype 1 being the most common...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … FDA- and Health Canada-approved product Technivie. ... categorized into nine distinct genotypes, with genotype 1 being the most common in the United States, and ... Ombitasvir is an inhibitor of NS5A, a protein essential for viral replication and virion assembly [FDA …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir ... dasabuvir, ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir …

Oxytocin

Sir Henry H. Dale first identified oxytocin and its uterine contractile properties in 1906.[A229008,A228593,A229108] Like all other neurohypophysial hormones, oxytocin is composed of nine amino acids with a disulfide bridge between the Cys 1 and 6 residues.[A229008,A228593] In the mid-1950s, synthetic oxytocin was successfully synthesized by a biochemist named Vincent...
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … and central effects. ... [A229008] It plays an important role in pair bonding, social cognition and functioning, and even fear ... Dale first identified oxytocin and its uterine contractile properties in 1906. …
Matched Categories: … Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones and Analogues ... Oxytocin and Analogues ... Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... methylergometrine and oxytocin …

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....
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … The hemodynamic and respiratory depressive effects of sevoflurane are well tolerated, and most patients ... Sevoflurane is an ether inhalation anesthetic agent used to induce and maintain general anesthesia. ... [L42340] It is a volatile, non-flammable compound with a low solubility profile and blood/gas partition …

Flurazepam

A benzodiazepine derivative used mainly as a hypnotic.
Approved
Illicit
Investigational
Matched Categories: … Hypnotics and Sedatives ... Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine derivatives …

Metreleptin

Metreleptin, a recombinant analog of the human hormone leptin, is an orphan drug used to treat complications of leptin deficiency in people with lipodystrophy. Lipodystrophies include a range of disorders characterized by the reduction, absence, or altered distribution of adipose tissue. Complications of lipodystrophy include metabolic abnormalities such as hypertriglyceridemia,...
Approved
Matched Description: … fasting glucose, reduced triglycerides, and reductions in food intake. ... include metabolic abnormalities such as hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, and ... Metreleptin is produced in _E. coli_ and differs from native human leptin by the addition of a methionine …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids and Derivatives ... Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Dapsone

A sulfone active against a wide range of bacteria but mainly employed for its actions against mycobacterium leprae. Its mechanism of action is probably similar to that of the sulfonamides which involves inhibition of folic acid synthesis in susceptible organisms. It is also used with pyrimethamine in the treatment of...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … mechanism of action is probably similar to that of the sulfonamides which involves inhibition of folic acid …
Matched Categories: … Folic Acid Antagonists ... dapsone and rifampicin ... dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine …

Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi

Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi is an asparaginase-specific enzyme derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi used as an anticancer agent. It works by depleting the stores of an important amino acid called asparagine, which is involved in DNA synthesis and cell survival of malignant cells, leading to cell death. L-asparaginase was first identified in...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … It works by depleting the stores of an important amino acid called asparagine, which is involved in DNA ... synthesis and cell survival of malignant cells, leading to cell death. ... [L1448] L-asparaginase was first identified in 1963,[A236344] and there are different formulations of …
Matched Categories: … Enzymes and Coenzymes …

Certolizumab pegol

Certolizumab pegol is a pegylated monoclonal antibody against the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). It is formed with a humanized Fab fragment of 50 kDa, from an IgG 1 isotype, fused to a 40 kDa polyethylene glycol moiety replacing the Fc antibody region. The absence of the Fc region was ideated...
Approved
Matched Description: … [A176606] It was developed and manufactured by UCB Pharma, first FDA approved in 2008[L45018] and updated ... [A176606] Certolizumab does not require glycosylation for active function and hence, its production ... The absence of the Fc region was ideated to prevent complement fixation and antibody-mediated cytotoxicity …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Ibrutinib

Ibrutinib is a small molecule that acts as an irreversible potent inhibitor of Burton's tyrosine kinase. It is designated as a targeted covalent drug and presented as a promising activity in B-cell malignancies in clinical trials. Ibrutinib was developed by Pharmacyclics Inc and was first approved by the FDA in...
Approved
Matched Description: … It is designated as a targeted covalent drug and presented as a promising activity in B-cell malignancies ... [A32299] Ibrutinib was developed by Pharmacyclics Inc and was first approved by the FDA in November 2013 ... [L45894] Ibrutinib was approved by the EMA in October 2014 [L45884] and by Health Canada in November …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Oxeladin

Withdrawn from the Canadian, US, and UK markets in 1976 due to carcinogenicity.
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … Withdrawn from the Canadian, US, and UK markets in 1976 due to carcinogenicity. …
Matched Categories: … Cough and Cold Preparations …

Choriogonadotropin alfa

Recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin with 2 subunits, alpha = 92 residues, beta = 145 residues, each with N-and O-linked carbohydrate moieties linked to ASN-52 and ASN-78 (on alpha subunit) and ASN-13, ASN-30, SER-121, SER-127, SER-132 and SER-138 (on beta subunit). The primary structure of the alpha-chain of r-hCG is identical...
Approved
Matched Description: … O-linked carbohydrate moieties linked to ASN-52 and ASN-78 (on alpha subunit) and ASN-13, ASN-30, SER ... -121, SER-127, SER-132 and SER-138 (on beta subunit). ... human chorionic gonadotropin with 2 subunits, alpha = 92 residues, beta = 145 residues, each with N-and …
Matched Categories: … Gonadotropins and Antigonadotropins ... Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones ... Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System …

Argatroban

Argatroban is a direct, selective thrombin inhibitor. The American College of Cardiologists (ACC) recommend using bivalirudin or argatroban in patients who have had, or at risk for, heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and are undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Argatroban is a non-heparin anticoagulant shown to both normalize platelet count in patients...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … carbamimidamido-2-(3-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-8-sulfonamido)pentanoyl]-4-methylpiperidine-2-carboxylic acid …
Matched Description: … Parental anticoagulants must be stopped and a baseline activated partial thromboplastin time must be ... Argatroban is a non-heparin anticoagulant shown to both normalize platelet count in patients with HIT and ... bivalirudin or argatroban in patients who have had, or at risk for, heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and …
Matched Categories: … Blood and Blood Forming Organs ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

Chlormerodrin

Chlormerodrin is a mercurial compound with toxic side effects that was previously used as a diuretic. The radiolabeled form has been used as a diagnostic and research tool. It is no longer used and has been replaced with new classes of diuretic drugs.
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Withdrawn
Matched Description: … The radiolabeled form has been used as a diagnostic and research tool. ... It is no longer used and has been replaced with new classes of diuretic drugs. …
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