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Zolmitriptan

Zolmitriptan is a member of the triptan class of 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT)1B/1D/(1F) receptor agonists used to treat acute migraine.[A462, L12978] Sumatriptan was the first triptan to be developed, but had poor oral bioavailability and lipophilicity. This led to the development of second-generation triptans, including almotriptan, eletriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, and zolmitriptan. Triptans...
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Matched Description: … It is currently available in both tablet and nasal spray forms.[L12978] ... A462, L12978] [Sumatriptan] was the first triptan to be developed, but had poor oral bioavailability and ... [A193791] Triptans can be administered alone or in combination with an NSAID like [naproxen], and represent …
Matched Categories: … Serotonin-1b and Serotonin-1d Receptor Agonist …

Testosterone propionate

Testosterone propionate is a slower-releasing anabolic steroid with a short half-life. It is a synthetic androstane steroid derivative of testosterone in the form of 17β propionate ester of testosterone. Testosterone propionate was developed initially by Watson labs, and FDA approved on February 5, 1974. Currently, this drug has been discontinued...
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Matched Description: … [T83] Testosterone propionate was developed initially by Watson labs, and FDA approved on February 5, …
Matched Categories: … Testosterone and derivatives ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Vortioxetine

Vortioxetine is an antidepressant medication indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). It is classified as a serotonin modulator and stimulator (SMS) as it has a multimodal mechanism of action towards the serotonin neurotransmitter system whereby it simultaneously modulates one or more serotonin receptors and inhibits the reuptake...
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Matched Description: … an antagonist of the 5-HT3, 5-HT1D, and 5-HT7 receptors. ... It is classified as a serotonin modulator and stimulator (SMS) as it has a multimodal mechanism of action ... serotonin neurotransmitter system whereby it simultaneously modulates one or more serotonin receptors and …

Alclometasone

Alclometasone is synthetic glucocorticoid steroid for topical use in dermatology as anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antiallergic, antiproliferative and vasoconstrictive agent.
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Matched Description: … for topical use in dermatology as anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antiallergic, antiproliferative and …
Matched Categories: … Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Lubiprostone

Lubiprostone is a medication used in the management of idiopathic chronic constipation. A prostaglandin E1 derivative, lubiprostone is a bicyclic fatty acid that activates ClC-2 chloride channels located on the apical side of the gastrointestinal epithelial cells. Activation of these channels promotes the secretion of a chloride-rich fluid that soften...
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Matched Iupac: … -[(2R,4aR,5R,7aR)-2-(1,1-difluoropentyl)-2-hydroxy-6-oxo-octahydrocyclopenta[b]pyran-5-yl]heptanoic acid …
Matched Description: … A prostaglandin E1 derivative, lubiprostone is a bicyclic fatty acid that activates ClC-2 chloride channels ... promotes the secretion of a chloride-rich fluid that soften the stool, increase gastrointestinal motility, and …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism …

Acetarsol

Acetarsol, with the molecular formula N-acetyl-4-hydroxy-m-arsanilic acid, is a pentavalent arsenical compound with antiprotozoal and antihelmintic properties. It was first discovered in 1921 by Ernest Fourneau at the Pasteur Institute. It was developed by Neolab Inc, and approved by Health Canada as an antifungal on December 31, 1964. It has...
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Matched Iupac: … (3-acetamido-4-hydroxyphenyl)arsonic acid …
Matched Description: … Acetarsol, with the molecular formula N-acetyl-4-hydroxy-m-arsanilic acid, is a pentavalent arsenical ... compound with antiprotozoal and antihelmintic properties. ... It has been canceled and withdrawn from the market since August 12, 1997.[L1113] …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones ... Agents Against Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis ... Gynecological Antiinfectives and Antiseptics ... Antiparasitic Products, Insecticides and Repellents …

Ixazomib

Ixazomib a second generation proteasome inhibitor (PI) and the first oral PI approved by the FDA in November 2015 for multiple myeloma treatment in combination with 2 other therapies (lenalidomide and dexamethasone) for patients who have received at least 1 prior therapy. It was found to have similar efficacy to...
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Matched Iupac: … [(1R)-1-{2-[(2,5-dichlorophenyl)formamido]acetamido}-3-methylbutyl]boronic acid …
Matched Description: … Ixazomib a second generation proteasome inhibitor (PI) and the first oral PI approved by the FDA in November ... 2015 for multiple myeloma treatment in combination with 2 other therapies (lenalidomide and dexamethasone ... to bortezomib (the first PI approved for multiple myeloma therapy) in the control of myeloma growth and …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Valganciclovir

Valganciclovir hydrochloride (Valcyte, manufactured by Roche) is an antiviral medication used to treat cytomegalovirus infections. As the L-valyl ester of ganciclovir, it is actually a prodrug for ganciclovir. After oral administration, it is rapidly converted to ganciclovir by intestinal and hepatic esterases.
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Matched Description: … After oral administration, it is rapidly converted to ganciclovir by intestinal and hepatic esterases …
Matched Categories: … Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors ... Ganciclovir and prodrug ... Nucleosides and Nucleotides ... Nucleosides and Nucleotides Excl. Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors …

Proparacaine

Proparacaine is a topical anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is found in ophthalmic solutions at a concentration of 0.5% as the hydrochloride salt.
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Vet approved
Matched Mixtures name: … Fluorescein Sodium and Proparacaine Hydrochloride …

Amylocaine

Despite the introduction of using cocaine injections for regional anesthesia in 1884, non-addictive substitutes were sought after immediately . Finally, in 1903 the world's first synthetic and non-addictive local anesthetic, amylocaine, was synthesized and patented under the name Forneaucaine by Ernest Fourneau at the Pasteur Institute . Elsewhere in English...
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Matched Description: … and prilocaine in the 1940s and 1950s superseded and made the use of amylocaine obsolete. ... and patented under the name Forneaucaine by Ernest Fourneau at the Pasteur Institute [L1882]. ... clinical use of newer, more effective, and even safer local anesthetics like lidocaine, bupivicaine, …

Proxibarbal

Proxibarbal is a derivative of barbiturates, which has been used to treat migraines. Proxibarbal was approved in France but was withdrawn from the market due to the risk of inducing immunoallergic thrombocytopenia .
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Matched Categories: … Hypnotics and Sedatives …

Calcium citrate

Calcium citrate is a salt typically used as a source of calcium in a variety of over the counter supplements.
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Matched Mixtures name: … Calcium and Mag-potass and Zinc Cap ... Calcium and Magnesium Citrate and Vitamin D 250mg/125mg/200iu ... Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and D …
Matched Categories: … ascorbic acid (vit C) and calcium ... Diet, Food, and Nutrition ... Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents …

Ganirelix

Ganirelix is a synthetic decapeptide and a competitive gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist. Derived from endogenous GnRH, ganirelix has amino acid substitutions. Ganirelix is indicated for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in assisted reproduction techniques. The first case of pregnancy achieved after the use of ganirelix in an assisted reproduction program was reported...
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Matched Description: … Derived from endogenous GnRH, ganirelix has amino acid substitutions. ... Ganirelix is a synthetic decapeptide and a competitive gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist …
Matched Categories: … Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones and Analogues ... Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Diloxanide furoate

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Temozolomide

Refractory anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO grade III) and Glioblastoma multiforme (WHO grade IV) are primary malignant brain tumours with poor prognosis and limited treatment options. Despite considerable genetic heterogeneity, these tumours often have impaired DNA repair systems, rendering them initially sensitive to alkylating agents, although they invariably develop resistance to these...
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Matched Description: … guanine bases leading to DNA lesions and eventual apoptosis. ... malignant brain tumours with poor prognosis and limited treatment options. ... Refractory anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO grade III) and Glioblastoma multiforme (WHO grade IV) are primary …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Calcium carbimide

Calcium carbimide, sold as the citrate salt, is an alcohol-sensitizing agent. Its effects are similar to the drug disulfiram (Antabuse) in that it interferes with the normal metabolism of alcohol by preventing the breakdown of the metabolic product acetaldehyde. Calcium carbimide was conceived as an alternative for the treatment of...
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Matched Description: … [A31516] This drug was developed by Lederle Cyanamid Canada Inc and approved for marketing in Canada …

Birch bark extract

Birch bark extract is rich in triterpenoids with beneficial biological and pharmacological activities. Some of the compounds identified in it include betulin, lupeol, betulinic acid, oleanolic acid, and erythrodiol. Birch bark extract is obtained from the white part of the birch tree bark, and the main species of trees used...
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Experimental
Matched Description: … Some of the compounds identified in it include betulin, [lupeol], [betulinic acid], oleanolic acid, and ... Birch bark extract is rich in triterpenoids with beneficial biological and pharmacological activities ... internal epithelial linings characterized by extreme skin fragility and blister development. …

Mitomycin

Mitomycin is an antineoplastic antibiotic first isolated by Japanese microbiologists in the 1950s from cultures of Streptomyces caespitosus.[L12867,A193419] It is an alkylating agent that inhibits DNA synthesis (and, at higher concentrations, RNA and protein synthesis) by cross-linking the complementary strands of the DNA double helix. Few other antibiotics have been...
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Matched Description: … , RNA and protein synthesis) by cross-linking the complementary strands of the DNA double helix. ... [L12867,A193419] It is an alkylating agent that inhibits DNA synthesis (and, at higher concentrations …
Matched Categories: … Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors ... Indicators and Reagents ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents ... Cytotoxic Antibiotics and Related Substances …

Lactulose

Lactulose is a synthetic disaccharide derivative of lactose that is most commonly used as a laxative agent despite also being formally indicated to serve as an adjunct therapy in treating portal-systemic encephalopathy (PSE).[FDA Label,L6199,L6202] Despite being first synthesized in 1929 , investigations regarding its possible use as a laxative for...
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Matched Description: … possible use as a laxative for the treatment of chronic constipation did not occur until the 1960s and ... [L6202] Nevertheless, although lactulose received formal FDA approval in 1977 and has since become ... List of Essential Medicines as one of the most effective and safe medicines employed in a health system …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism …

Acemetacin

Acemetacin is a carboxymethyl ester of indometacin. It is a potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from the indol-3-acetic acid, whose activity is thought to be mainly through its active metabolite indomethacin. In clinical trials, acemetacin exhibits a better gastric tolerability compared to its active metabolite indometacin. It was developed by...
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Matched Iupac: … 2-({2-[1-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl]acetyl}oxy)acetic acid …
Matched Description: … It is a potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from the indol-3-acetic acid, whose activity ... Merck and Company in Germany as an attempt to provide a safer drug but other than the amelioration on ... the gastrointestinal effects, the metabolism of acetamicin led to the formation of indomethacin and …
Matched Categories: … Acetic Acid Derivatives and Related Substances ... Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products ... Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products, Non-Steroids …

Trifluridine

Trifluridine is a fluorinated pyrimidine nucleoside that is structurally related to idoxuridine . It is an active antiviral agent in ophthalmic solutions used mainly in the treatment of primary keratoconjunctivitis and recurrent epithelial keratitis due to herpes simplex virus. It displays effective antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus type 1...
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Matched Description: … It displays effective antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 [A35271]. ... antiviral agent in ophthalmic solutions used mainly in the treatment of primary keratoconjunctivitis and ... metastatic colorectal cancer who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and …
Matched Categories: … Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents ... Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides …

Rivaroxaban

Rivaroxaban is an anticoagulant and the first orally active direct factor Xa inhibitor. Unlike warfarin, routine lab monitoring of INR is not necessary. However there is no antidote available in the event of a major bleed. Only the 10 mg tablet can be taken without regard to food. The 15...
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Matched Description: … Rivaroxaban is an anticoagulant and the first orally active direct factor Xa inhibitor. ... The 15 mg and 20 mg tablet should be taken with food. FDA approved on July 1, 2011. …
Matched Categories: … rivaroxaban and acetylsalicylic acid ... Blood and Blood Forming Organs …

Asparaginase Escherichia coli

Asparaginase derived from Escherichia coli (L-asparagine amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.1) is an enzyme responsible for the metabolism of L-asparagine, by catalyzing L-asparagine into L-aspartic acid and ammonia. It also facilitates the production of oxaloacetate which is needed for general cellular metabolism. Asparaginase from E. coli has clinically shown to exhibit antitumor...
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Matched Description: … and ammonia. ... an enzyme responsible for the metabolism of L-asparagine, by catalyzing L-asparagine into L-aspartic acid ... Therapeutic L-asparaginase from _E. coli_ works by depleting the levels of non-essential amino acid, …
Matched Categories: … Enzymes and Coenzymes ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Trolamine

Trolamine, which is also referred to as triethanolamine (TEA), is a tertiary amine and a triol. It is a bifunctional compound that exhibits both properties of alcohols and amines. Trolamine contains small amounts of diethanolamine and ethanolamine and may also act as an antioxidant against the auto-oxidation of animal and...
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Matched Description: … and hair conditioning products. ... Trolamine contains small amounts of diethanolamine and ethanolamine and may also act as an antioxidant ... It is commonly used as a pH adjuster and surfactant in industrial and cosmetic products such as skin …
Matched Categories: … Preparations for Treatment of Wounds and Ulcers …

Pramlintide

Pramlintide is a relatively new adjunct treatment for diabetes (both type 1 and 2), developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals. It is derived from amylin, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream, in a similar pattern as insulin, after a meal. Like insulin, amylin is deficient in individuals with diabetes.
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Matched Description: … Pramlintide is a relatively new adjunct treatment for diabetes (both type 1 and 2), developed by Amylin …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …
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