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Auranofin

Auranofin is a gold salt that is capable of eliciting pharmacologic actions that suppress inflammation and stimulate cell-mediated immunity. It has subsequently been listed by the World Health Organization as a member of the antirheumatic agent category. Auranofin appears to induce heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) mRNA. Heme oxygenase 1 is...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Auranofin is a gold salt that is capable of eliciting pharmacologic actions that suppress inflammation and …
Matched Categories: … Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products …

Dinoprost tromethamine

The tromethamine (THAM) salt of the naturally occurring prostaglandin F2 alpha, dinoprost tromethamine occurs as a white to off-white, very hygroscopic, crystalline powder. Dinoprost tromethamine may also be known as dinoprost trometamol, PGF2 alpha THAM, or prostaglandin F2 alpha tromethamine.
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Iupac: … (5Z)-7-[(1R,2R,3R,5S)-3,5-dihydroxy-2-[(1E,3S)-3-hydroxyoct-1-en-1-yl]cyclopentyl]hept-5-enoic acid; …

Dinoprost

Dinoprost has been investigated in Headache.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … (5Z)-7-[(1R,2R,3R,5S)-3,5-dihydroxy-2-[(1E,3S)-3-hydroxyoct-1-en-1-yl]cyclopentyl]hept-5-enoic acid …
Matched Categories: … Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones …

Tioguanine

An antineoplastic compound which also has antimetabolite action. The drug is used in the therapy of acute leukemia.
Approved
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Isopropyl myristate

Isopropyl myristate is a moisturizer with polar characteristics used in cosmetics and topical medical preparations to ameliorate the skin absorption. Isopropyl myristate has been largely studied and impulsed as a skin penetration enhancer. At the moment the primary usage for which isopropyl myristate is formally indicated is as the active...
Approved
Experimental
Matched Description: … Isopropyl myristate has been largely studied and impulsed as a skin penetration enhancer. ... Isopropyl myristate is a moisturizer with polar characteristics used in cosmetics and topical medical …
Matched Categories: … Scabicides and Pediculicides …

Desloratadine

Desloratadine is a second generation, tricyclic antihistamine that which has a selective and peripheral H1-antagonist action. It is the active descarboethoxy metabolite of loratidine (a second generation histamine). Desloratidine has a long-lasting effect and does not cause drowsiness because it does not readily enter the central nervous system.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Desloratadine is a second generation, tricyclic antihistamine that which has a selective and peripheral ... Desloratidine has a long-lasting effect and does not cause drowsiness because it does not readily enter …
Matched Categories: … Loratadine and derivatives …

Cerivastatin

On August 8, 2001 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Bayer Pharmaceutical Division voluntarily withdrew Baycol from the U.S. market, due to reports of fatal rhabdomyolysis, a severe adverse reaction from this cholesterol-lowering (lipid-lowering) product. It has also been withdrawn from the Canadian market.[A669,L43942]
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Iupac: … -6-enoic acid ... (3R,5S,6E)-7-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-(methoxymethyl)-2,6-bis(propan-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyhept …
Matched Description: … Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Bayer Pharmaceutical Division voluntarily withdrew …

Erythropoietin

Erythropoietin (EPO) is a growth factor produced in the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells. It works by promoting the division and differentiation of committed erythroid progenitors in the bone marrow [FDA Label]. Epoetin alfa (Epoge) was developed by Amgen Inc. in 1983 as the first rhEPO...
Approved
Matched Description: … The product contains the identical amino acid sequence of isolated natural erythropoietin and has the ... Epoetin alfa is a 165-amino acid erythropoiesis-stimulating glycoprotein produced in cell culture using ... and displays equivalent clinical efficacy, potency, and purity to the reference product [A7504]. …
Matched Categories: … Blood and Blood Forming Organs ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins …

Secretin human

Human secretin is a gastrointestinal peptide hormone that regulates secretions in the stomach, pancreas, and liver. The hormone is produced from the enterochromaffin cells in the duodenum in response to the duodenal content with the pH less than 4.5 . The main action of secretin is to stimulate the pancreas...
Approved
Matched Description: … The carboxyl-terminal amino acid, valine, is amidated. ... It contains an amino acid sequence identical to the naturally occurring hormone consisting of 27 amino ... of pancreatic exocrine dysfunction and the diagnosis of gastrinoma, and facilitate the identification …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Clobetasone

Clobetasone is a corticosteroid that is often employed topically as a treatment for a variety of conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, various forms of dermatitis, and also for certain ophthalmologic conditions. Topical clobetasone butyrate has shown minimal suppression of the Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
Approved
Matched Description: … as a treatment for a variety of conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, various forms of dermatitis, and …
Matched Categories: … clobetasone and antiinfectives ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Zuclopenthixol

Zuclopenthixol, also known as Zuclopentixol or Zuclopenthixolum, is an antipsychotic agent. Zuclopenthixol is a thioxanthene-based neuroleptic with therapeutic actions similar to the phenothiazine antipsychotics. It is an antagonist at D1 and D2 dopamine receptors. Major brands of zuclopenthixol are Cisordinol, Acuphase, and Clopixol. This drug is a liquid. This compound...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … It is an antagonist at D1 and D2 dopamine receptors. ... Major brands of zuclopenthixol are Cisordinol, Acuphase, and Clopixol. This drug is a liquid. ... hydroxytryptamine receptor 2A, D(1B) dopamine receptor, D(2) dopamine receptor, D(1A) dopamine receptor, and …

Mumps virus strain B level jeryl lynn live antigen

Mumps virus strain B level jeryl lynn live antigen is a live attenuated virus vaccine for subcutenous injection. It is an active immunization against mumps, which is a common childhood disease.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Mixtures name: … PROQUAD® ( Measles, Mumps, Rubella AND Varicella (Oka/Merck) Virus Vaccine Live, MSD) LYOPHILIZED VACCINE …

Flumazenil

Fumazenil is an imidazobenzodiazepine derivative and a potent benzodiazepine receptor antagonist that competitively inhibits the activity at the benzodiazepine recognition site on the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex, thereby reversing the effects of benzodiazepine on the central nervous system.
Approved
Matched Description: … Fumazenil is an imidazobenzodiazepine derivative and a potent benzodiazepine receptor antagonist that …

Taurolidine

Taurolidine is an antimicrobial used for the prevention of catheter-related infections. It is a derivative of the amino acid taurine. It was first synthesized in the 1970s and was originally used as a prophylactic against intraperitoneal bacterial infections in patients with peritonitis. In November 2023, a catheter lock solution of...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … It is a derivative of the amino acid [taurine]. ... It was first synthesized in the 1970s and was originally used as a prophylactic against intraperitoneal ... marketed as Defencath - received FDA approval under the Limited Population Pathway for Antibacterial and …
Matched Categories: … Blood Substitutes and Perfusion Solutions …

Enfuvirtide

Enfuvirtide is a 36 amino acid biomimetic peptide that is structurally similar to the HIV proteins that are responsible for the fusion of the virus to cell membranes and subsequent intracellular uptake. The first agent in the novel class of antiretroviral drugs called HIV fusion inhibitors, enfuvirtide works by inhibiting...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Enfuvirtide is a 36 amino acid biomimetic peptide that is structurally similar to the HIV proteins that ... are responsible for the fusion of the virus to cell membranes and subsequent intracellular uptake. …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

Benzthiazide

Benzthiazide is used to treat hypertension and edema. Like other thiazides, benzthiazide promotes water loss from the body (diuretics). They inhibit Na+/Cl- reabsorption from the distal convoluted tubules in the kidneys. Thiazides also cause loss of potassium and an increase in serum uric acid. Thiazides are often used to treat...
Approved
Matched Description: … Thiazides also cause loss of potassium and an increase in serum uric acid. ... Benzthiazide is used to treat hypertension and edema. ... Thiazides have been shown to prevent hypertension-related morbidity and mortality although the mechanism …
Matched Categories: … Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones ... Gynecological Antiinfectives and Antiseptics …

Bendazac

Bendazac is an oxyacetic acid [A39863, A39869]. Despite possessing anti-inflammatory, anti-necrotic, choleretic, and anti-lipidemic characteristics, most research has revolved around studying and demonstrating the agent's principal action in inhibiting the denaturation of proteins - an effect that has primarily proven useful in managing and delaying the progression of ocular cataracts...
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Iupac: … 2-[(1-benzyl-1H-indazol-3-yl)oxy]acetic acid …
Matched Description: … Bendazac is an oxyacetic acid [A39863, A39869]. ... Despite possessing anti-inflammatory, anti-necrotic, choleretic, and anti-lipidemic characteristics, ... most research has revolved around studying and demonstrating the agent's principal action in inhibiting …
Matched Categories: … Topical Products for Joint and Muscular Pain …

Mipomersen

Mipomersen sodium, which was known as the investigational drug, isis-301012, is the salt form of a synthetic phosphorothioate oligonucleotide. Mipomersen sodium prevents the formation of apo B-100, resulting in a decrease in the levels of apolipoprotein B (apo B), low density lipoprotein (LDL), and total cholesterol. Mipomersen is indicated in...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … , resulting in a decrease in the levels of apolipoprotein B (apo B), low density lipoprotein (LDL), and ... It is marketed under the brand name Kynamro in the United States, and the FDA label includes a black ... Specifically, elevations in the liver enzymes, i.e. transaminases, and in liver fat (hepatic steatosis …
Matched Categories: … Nucleic Acid Probes ... Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides …

Inclisiran

Inclisiran is a long-acting, synthetic small interfering RNA (siRNA) directed against proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9), which is a serine protease that regulates plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. By binding to PCSK9 messenger RNA, inclisiran prevents protein translation of PCSK9, leading to decreased concentrations of PCSK9 and plasma...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … RNA, inclisiran prevents protein translation of PCSK9, leading to decreased concentrations of PCSK9 and ... 11, 2020, the European Commission (EC) granted authorization for marketing inclisiran as the first and ... plasma LDL-C levels offers an additional benefit of reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and …
Matched Categories: … Nucleic Acid Probes ... Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides …

Somatostatin

Somatostatin, also known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone, is a naturally-occurring peptide hormone of 14 or 28 amino acid residues that regulates the endocrine system. It is secreted by the D cells of the islets to inhibit the release of insulin and glucagon, and is also generated in the hypothalamus, where...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … 6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36-undecaoxo-1,2-dithia-5,8,11,14,17,20,23,26,29,32,35-undecaazacyclooctatriacontane-4-carboxylic acid …
Matched Description: … known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone, is a naturally-occurring peptide hormone of 14 or 28 amino acid ... Somatostatin is initially secreted as a 116 amino acid precursor, preprosomatostatin, which undergoes ... It is secreted by the D cells of the islets to inhibit the release of insulin and glucagon, and is also …
Matched Categories: … Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones and Analogues ... Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Somatostatin and Analogues ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Hyaluronidase (human recombinant)

A purified preparation of the enzyme recombinant human hyaluronidase. Hyaluronidase (human recombinant) (INN Vorhyaluronidase alfa) is produced by genetically engineered Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells containing a DNA plasmid encoding for a soluble fragment of human hyaluronidase (PH20). Hyaluronidase is an enzyme used to improve the absorption and dispersion of...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … fluids, drugs, and contrast agents. ... [L13338] The action of hyaluronidase was first described in 1936, and named in 1939. ... [A4033] Hyaluronidase is an enzyme used to improve the absorption and dispersion of parenterally administered …
Matched Categories: … Enzymes and Coenzymes ... Blood and Blood Forming Organs …

Hyaluronidase

Hyaluronidase is an enzyme used to improve the absorption and dispersion of parenterally administered fluids, drugs, and contrast agents. The action of hyaluronidase was first described in 1936, and named in 1939. Early research into hyaluronidase identified it as a "spreading factor" which allowed for increased permeability of the connective...
Approved
Matched Description: … fluids, drugs, and contrast agents. ... [L13338] The action of hyaluronidase was first described in 1936, and named in 1939. ... Hyaluronidase is an enzyme used to improve the absorption and dispersion of parenterally administered …
Matched Categories: … Enzymes and Coenzymes ... Blood and Blood Forming Organs …

Toremifene

Toremifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and a nonsteroidal antiestrogen used to treat estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. Like tamoxifen, toremifene is part of the first-generation triphenylethylene derivative chemical class of SERMs. Toremifene possesses tissue-specific actions: it has estrogenic (agonist) activity on the cardiovascular system and on bone...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … Toremifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and a nonsteroidal antiestrogen used to ... possesses tissue-specific actions: it has estrogenic (agonist) activity on the cardiovascular system and ... on bone tissue and it has weak estrogenic effects on uterine tissue, however, it also has antiestrogenic …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents ... Hormone Antagonists and Related Agents ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Apomorphine

Apomorphine is a non-ergoline dopamine D2 agonist indicated to treat hypomobility associated with Parkinson's. It was first synthesized in 1845 and first used in Parkinson's disease in 1884. Apomorphine has also been investigated as an emetic, a sedative, a treatment for alcoholism, and a treatment of other movement disorders.[A203597,A203618] Apomorphine...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … It was first synthesized in 1845 and first used in Parkinson's disease in 1884. ... A203618] Apomorphine has also been investigated as an emetic, a sedative, a treatment for alcoholism, and …
Matched Salts name: … Apomorphine hydrochloride …
Matched Categories: … Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones …

Metyrosine

An inhibitor of the enzyme tyrosine 3-monooxygenase, and consequently of the synthesis of catecholamines. It is used to control the symptoms of excessive sympathetic stimulation in patients with pheochromocytoma. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed)
Approved
Matched Iupac: … (2S)-2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid …
Matched Description: … An inhibitor of the enzyme tyrosine 3-monooxygenase, and consequently of the synthesis of catecholamines …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
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