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Ethyl macadamiate
Ethyl macadamiate is derived from Macadamia terifolia seed oil. It is a non-volatile ester of ethyl alcohol and the fatty acids. Ethyl macadamiate is used in cosmetics and personal care products such as sunscreen, hair care products and skin care products as an emollient and skin conditioning agent.
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Matched Description: … and skin care products as an emollient and skin conditioning agent. ... It is a non-volatile ester of ethyl alcohol and the fatty acids. ... Ethyl macadamiate is used in cosmetics and personal care products such as sunscreen, hair care products …
Tecovirimat
The World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, eradicated in 1980. However, there have been longstanding concerns that smallpox may be used as a bioweapon.[A35133,L3614] Tecovirimat is an antiviral drug that was identified via a high-throughput screen in 2002. It is effective against all orthopoxviruses,...
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Matched Description: … to treat monkeypox and cowpox in adults and children. ... [L40154] Tecovirimat is available as both oral and intravenous formulations.[L41835] ... The World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, …
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate is approved as the trade product Lokelma developed by AstraZeneca - an insoluble, non-absorbed sodium zirconium silicate, formulated as a powder for oral suspension that acts as a highly selective potassium removing agent. It is administered orally and is odorless, tasteless, and stable at room temperature. Approval...
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Matched Description: … [L2933] It is administered orally and is odorless, tasteless, and stable at room temperature. ... Approval of the medication is supported by data from three double-blind, placebo-controlled trials and ... two open-label trials which showed that the onset of action was approximately 1.0 hour and the median …
Matched Categories: … Drugs for Treatment of Hyperkalemia and Hyperphosphatemia …
Matched Categories: … Drugs for Treatment of Hyperkalemia and Hyperphosphatemia …
Pentastarch
Pentastarch is an artificial colloid (hydroxyethyl starch derivative). Pentastarch is characterized by presenting five hydroxyethyl groups, which signifies an approximate 50% hydroxyethylation. It is sold under the name Pentaspan by Bristol-Myers Squibb and is used for fluid resuscitation. When administered, pentastarch remains mainly in the circulatory system and hence, it...
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Matched Description: … It is sold under the name Pentaspan by Bristol-Myers Squibb and is used for fluid resuscitation. ... When administered, pentastarch remains mainly in the circulatory system and hence, it is considered a …
Thonzonium
Thonzonium is a monocationic surface-active agent with surfactant and detergent properties. It is widely used as an additive to in ear and nasal drops to enhance dispersion and penetration of cellular debris and exudate, thereby promoting tissue contact of the administered medication. A common pharmaceutical formulation of thonzonium bromide is...
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Matched Description: … It is widely used as an additive to in ear and nasal drops to enhance dispersion and penetration of cellular ... Thonzonium is a monocationic surface-active agent with surfactant and detergent properties. ... debris and exudate, thereby promoting tissue contact of the administered medication. …
Thalidomide
A piperidinyl isoindole originally introduced as a non-barbiturate hypnotic, thalidomide was withdrawn from the market due to teratogenic effects. It has been reintroduced and used for a number of inflammatory disorders and cancers. Thalidomide displays immunosuppressive and anti-angiogenic activity through modulating the release of inflammatory mediators like tumor necrosis factor-alpha...
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Matched Description: … It has been reintroduced and used for a number of inflammatory disorders and cancers. ... inflammatory mediators like tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) and other cytokine action. ... Thalidomide displays immunosuppressive and anti-angiogenic activity through modulating the release of …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Tannic acid
Tannic acid is a polyphenolic compound. It is a type of the commercially available tannins. It acts as a weak acid. Tannic acid is found in the nutgalls formed by insects on twigs of certain oak trees (Quercus infectoria and other Quercus species). It is removed and used as medicine....
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Matched Description: … It is removed and used as medicine. ... urine, painful joints, persistent coughs, and cancer. ... Tannic acid is found in the nutgalls formed by insects on twigs of certain oak trees (Quercus infectoria and …
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.
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Lomitapide
Lomitapide is a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) inhibitor used in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) patients. It is marketed under the name Juxtapid (R).
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Ethylhexyl methoxycrylene
Ethylhexyl methoxycrylene is a photostabilizer that preserves the effectiveness of UV filters by interacting with both the singlet and triplet states . It returns UV filters to their ground states without absorbing sunlight . It is used as a solvent for crystalline UV filters and is easily emulsified and suitable...
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Matched Description: … It is used as a solvent for crystalline UV filters and is easily emulsified and suitable for use in various ... lotions, creams, sprays, sticks, and gel formulations [F104]. ... It currently enjoys regional approvals in Canada, the EU, and the US [L2847]. …
Loxapine
An antipsychotic agent used in schizophrenia. [PubChem]
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Matched Categories: … Diazepines, Oxazepines, Thiazepines and Oxepines …
Meclizine
Meclizine is a histamine H1 antagonist with antiemetic and antivertigo properties. It is used in the symptomatic treatment of motion sickness and control of vertigo associated with vestibular system diseases. It also exhibits anticholinergic, central nervous system depressant, and local anesthetic effects. Commonly marketed under the brand name Antivert in...
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Matched Description: … Meclizine is a histamine H1 antagonist with antiemetic and antivertigo properties. ... It also exhibits anticholinergic, central nervous system depressant, and local anesthetic effects. ... It is used in the symptomatic treatment of motion sickness and control of vertigo associated with vestibular …
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: … Miquimod is also used to treat a skin condition of the face and scalp called actinic keratoses and certain ... Imiquimod does not cure warts, and new warts may appear during treatment. ... Imiquimod is commonly used topically to treat warts on the skin of the genital and anal areas. …
Matched Categories: … Skin and Mucous Membrane Agents …
Matched Categories: … Skin and Mucous Membrane Agents …
Bepotastine
Bepotastine is a non-sedating, selective antagonist of the histamine 1 (H1) receptor. Bepotastine was approved in Japan for use in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and uriticaria/puritus in July 2000 and January 2002, respectively, and is marketed by Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. under the brand name Talion. It is available...
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Matched Description: … in July 2000 and January 2002, respectively, and is marketed by Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. under the brand ... It is available in oral and opthalmic dosage forms in Japan. ... The opthalmic solution is FDA approved since Sept 8, 2009 and is under the brand name Bepreve. …
Hydroxypropyl cellulose
Hydroxypropyl cellulose is an ether of cellulose where some of the hydroxyl groups of the cellulose have been hydroxypropylated forming -OCH2CH(OH)CH3 groups. Lacrisertis a formulation of hydroxypropyl cellulose that is used for artificial tears. It is used to treat syndromes characterized by insufficient tear production (keratoconjunctivitis sicca), recurrent corneal erosions,...
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Matched Description: … neuroparalytic keratitis, and as a lubricant for artificial eyes. ... As a food additive, hydroxypropyl cellulose is used as a thickener and as an emulsion stabilizer. ... production (keratoconjunctivitis sicca), recurrent corneal erosions, decreased corneal sensitivity, exposure and …
Tubocurarine
Tubocurarine is a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent and the first identified curare alkaloid. Curare is one of the names used to describe plant-derived poisons used by indigenous South Americans to coat the tips of hunting arrows and darts, which were typically derived from plants of the genera Chondrodendron and Strychnos....
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Matched Description: … number of plant-derived alkaloids, including [morphine] and [papaverine]. ... Tubocurarine is a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent and the first identified curare alkaloid ... darts, which were typically derived from plants of the genera _Chondrodendron_ and _Strychnos_. …
Sodium sulfide
Sodium sulfide is a chemical compound with a chemical formula Na2S. Sodium sulfide is used in the pulp and paper industry, water treatment, textile industry, and various chemical manufacturing processes including the production of rubber chemicals, sulfur dyes and oil recovery. Along with its hydrate form, sodium sulfide releases hydrogen...
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Matched Description: … Sodium sulfide is used in the pulp and paper industry, water treatment, textile industry, and various ... However the clinical significance and mechanism of action of sodium sulfide and replication of results ... been investigated in models of inflammation and oxidative stress. …
Imipramine
Imipramine, the prototypical tricyclic antidepressant (TCA), is a dibenzazepine-derivative 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, imipramine does not affect mood or arousal, but may cause sedation. In depressed individuals, imipramine exerts...
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Matched Description: … and clomipramine. ... than secondary amine TCAs, such as nortriptyline and desipramine. ... TCAs are potent inhibitors of serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake. …
Matched Categories: … Tricyclics and Other Norepinephrine-reuptake Inhibitors …
Matched Categories: … Tricyclics and Other Norepinephrine-reuptake Inhibitors …
Ethotoin
Ethotoin is a hydantoin derivative and anticonvulsant. Ethotoin exerts an antiepileptic effect without causing general central nervous system depression. The mechanism of action is probably very similar to that of phenytoin. The latter drug appears to stabilize rather than to raise the normal seizure threshold, and to prevent the spread...
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Matched Description: … Ethotoin is a hydantoin derivative and anticonvulsant. ... The latter drug appears to stabilize rather than to raise the normal seizure threshold, and to prevent …
Florbetapir (18F)
Florbetapir (18F) is a radiopharmaceutical compound containing the radionuclide fluorine-18 bound to the compound florbetapir, a molecule that binds with high affinity to beta amyloid plaque, a peptide that plays a key role in Alzheimer's Disease pathogenesis. Marketed as the product Amyvid, florbetapir 18F is indicated for positron emission tomography...
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Matched Description: … density in adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and …
Phenyltoloxamine
Phenyltoloxamine is an antihistamine drug with sedative and analgesic effects. It is a H1 receptor blocker and a member of the ethanolamine class of antihistaminergic drugs. It is available in combination products that also contain other analgesics and antitussives such as acetaminophen. Phenyltoloxamine citrate is the more common salt form...
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Matched Description: … Phenyltoloxamine is an antihistamine drug with sedative and analgesic effects. ... It is a H1 receptor blocker and a member of the ethanolamine class of antihistaminergic drugs. ... It also potentiates the effects of other drugs, such as codeine and codeine derivatives. …
Lovastatin
Lovastatin, also known as the brand name product Mevacor, is a lipid-lowering drug and fungal metabolite derived synthetically from a fermentation product of Aspergillus terreus. Originally named Mevinolin, lovastatin belongs to the statin class of medications, which are used to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and manage abnormal lipid...
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Matched Description: … Lovastatin, also known as the brand name product Mevacor, is a lipid-lowering drug and fungal metabolite ... studies to significantly reduce the risk of development of CVD and all-cause mortality. ... belongs to the statin class of medications, which are used to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and …
Matched Categories: … lovastatin and nicotinic acid …
Matched Categories: … lovastatin and nicotinic acid …
Bezafibrate
Antilipemic agent that lowers cholesterol and triglycerides. It decreases low density lipoproteins and increases high density lipoproteins.
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Matched Description: … Antilipemic agent that lowers cholesterol and triglycerides. ... It decreases low density lipoproteins and increases high density lipoproteins. …
Matched Categories: … Benzamides and benzamide derivatives …
Matched Categories: … Benzamides and benzamide derivatives …
Physostigmine
A cholinesterase inhibitor that is rapidly absorbed through membranes. It can be applied topically to the conjunctiva. It also can cross the blood-brain barrier and is used when central nervous system effects are desired, as in the treatment of severe anticholinergic toxicity.
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Matched Description: … It also can cross the blood-brain barrier and is used when central nervous system effects are desired …
Matched Categories: … Antiglaucoma Preparations and Miotics …
Matched Categories: … Antiglaucoma Preparations and Miotics …
Technetium Tc-99m exametazime
Technetium Tc-99m exametazime is a radiopharmaceutical sold under the trade name Ceretec used in the detection of altered regional cerebral perfusion in stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases. It can also be used for the labelling of leukocytes to localise intra-abdominal infections and inflammatory bowel disease. Exametazime, also known as hexamethylpropyleneamine...
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Matched Description: … under the trade name Ceretec used in the detection of altered regional cerebral perfusion in stroke and ... It can also be used for the labelling of leukocytes to localise intra-abdominal infections and inflammatory …
Matched Categories: … Indicators and Reagents …
Matched Categories: … Indicators and Reagents …
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