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Benzylpenicillin
Benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) is narrow spectrum antibiotic used to treat infections caused by susceptible bacteria. It is a natural penicillin antibiotic that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly due to poor oral absorption. Penicillin G may also be used in some cases as prophylaxis against susceptible organisms.
Natural penicillins are considered...
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … caused by susceptible gram positive aerobic organisms, such as *Streptococcus pneumoniae*, groups A, B, C …
Matched Mixtures name: … Bicillin C-R 900/300 …
Matched Mixtures name: … Bicillin C-R 900/300 …
Terbinafine
Terbinafine hydrochloride (Lamisil) is a synthetic allylamine antifungal.[L9065,L9068] It is highly lipophilic in nature and tends to accumulate in skin, nails, and fatty tissues. Like other allylamines, terbinafine inhibits ergosterol synthesis by inhibiting the fungal squalene monooxygenase (also called squalene epoxidase), an enzyme that is part of the fungal cell...
Approved
Investigational
Vet approved
Matched Products: … LOSIL-C …
Gilteritinib
Gilteritinib, also known as ASP2215, is a small molecule part of the FLT3 tyrosine kinase inhibitors that presented a greater selectivity and potency when compared with other agents from this group. It is a pyrazinecarboxamide derivative that showed high selectivity to FLT3 preventing the c-Kit -driven myelosuppression observed in other...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [A40036] It is a pyrazinecarboxamide derivative that showed high selectivity to FLT3 preventing the c-Kit …
Secnidazole
Secnidazole is a second-generation 5-nitroimidazole antimicrobial agent. It is structurally related to other 5-nitroimidazoles, including DB00916 and DB00911, but displays improved oral absorption and a longer terminal elimination half-life than other drugs in this class. Secnidazole is selective against many anaerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as protozoa. Once...
Approved
Iptacopan
Iptacopan is a small-molecule factor B inhibitor previously investigated as a potential treatment for the rare blood disease paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) by inhibiting the complement factor B. Factor B is a positive regulator of the alternative complement pathway, where it activates C3 convertase and subsequently C5 convertase. This is...
Approved
Investigational
Eflornithine
Eflornithine is an irreversible ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor originally developed as a treatment for human African trypanosomiasis. Further research has also implicated ornithine decarboxylase in other conditions like facial hirsutism and cancer, especially when ornithine decarboxylase is highly upregulated in tumor cells.[A4112, A262834] Additionally, ornithine decarboxylase is activated by c-myc or...
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … [A4112, A262834] Additionally, ornithine decarboxylase is activated by c-myc or interacts with ras, both …
Ceftobiprole
Ceftobiprole is a fifth-generation semisynthetic cephalosporin antibacterial which is available commercially as the prodrug ceftobiprole medocaril. Ceftobiprole is a broad-spectrum agent with demonstrated activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains of Staphylcoccus aureus (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA).
The EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)...
Approved
Investigational
Rimegepant
Rimegepant is an oral antagonist of the CGRP receptor developed by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals. It received FDA approval on February 27, 2020 for the acute treatment migraine headache, and was subsequently approved by the European Commission in April 2022 for both the treatment and prevention of migraines. While several parenteral antagonists...
Approved
Investigational
Glucagon
Glucagon is a 29 amino acid hormone used as a diagnostic aid in radiologic exams to temporarily inhibit the movement of the gastrointestinal tract and to treat severe hypoglycemia.[L7634,L7637,L7640,L7643,L8519] Glucagon raises blood sugar through activation of hepatic glucagon receptors, stimulating glycogenolysis and the release of glucose.[L7640,L7643]
Glucagon was granted FDA...
Approved
Tolcapone
Tolcapone is a drug that inhibits the enzyme catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT). It is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease as an adjunct to levodopa/carbidopa medication. It is a yellow, odorless, non-hygroscopic, crystalline compound. Tolcapone is associated with a risk of hepatotoxicity.
Approved
Withdrawn
Nitrofurantoin
Nitrofurantoin is a nitrofuran antibiotic used to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections.[L6856,L6859,L6862] Nitrofurantoin is converted by bacterial nitroreductases to electrophilic intermediates which inhibit the citric acid cycle as well as synthesis of DNA, RNA, and protein. This drug is more resistant to the development of bacterial resistance because it acts...
Approved
Vet approved
Clonazepam
A benzodiazepine used to treat various seizures, including myotonic or atonic seizures, photosensitive epilepsy, and absence seizures, although tolerance may develop.[FDA Label][L5572,F3763,F3787,F3796] The agent has also been indicated for treating panic disorder.[FDA Label][A175438,L5572,F3763,F3787,F3796] The mechanism of action appears to involve the enhancement of gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor responses.[FDA Label][A175438,A175441,L5572,F3763,F3787,F3796]
Since being...
Approved
Illicit
Levomilnacipran
Levomilnacipran is a selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), although it is a more potent inhibitor of norepinephrine reuptake than serotonin reuptake.[A261181, A38560] Levomilnacipran is the more active 1S,2R-enantiomer in the racemate milnacipran.[A261181, L47956] Once administered, interconversion between levomilnacipran and its stereoisomer does not occur in humans. First approved...
Approved
Investigational
Lomefloxacin
Lomefloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, used to treat bacterial infections including bronchitis and urinary tract infections (UTIs). Additionally, it has been employed for the prophylaxis of UTIs prior to surgery as well.
Approved
Investigational
Carbenicillin
Broad-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin derivative used parenterally. It is susceptible to gastric juice and penicillinase and may damage platelet function.
Approved
Investigational
Curcumin
Curcumin, also known as diferuloylmethane, is an active component in the golden spice turmeric (Curcuma longa) and in Curcuma xanthorrhiza oil. It is a highly pleiotropic molecule that exhibits antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, antioxidant, wound-healing, and antimicrobial activities . Due to these properties, curcumin has been investigated for the treatment and...
Approved
Investigational
Capsaicin
Capsaicin is most often used as a topical analgesic and exists in many formulations of cream, liquid, and patch preparations of various strengths; however, it may also be found in some dietary supplements. Capsaicin is a naturally-occurring botanical irritant in chili peppers, synthetically derived for pharmaceutical formulations. The most recent...
Approved
Matched Mixtures name: … Xoten-C ... Exoten-C ... Exoten-C …
Lopinavir
Lopinavir is an antiretroviral protease inhibitor used in combination with other antiretrovirals in the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Lopinavir is marketed and administered exclusively in combination with ritonavir - this combination, first marketed by Abbott under the brand name Kaletra in 2000, is necessary due to lopinavir's poor oral bioavailability...
Approved
Tivozanib
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is responsible for 3% of cancer cases and is one of the 10 most common cancers in adults. The average age of diagnosis is between age 65 to 74. Tivozanib, also known as FOTIVDA, is a kinase inhibitor developed to treat adult patients with relapsed or...
Approved
Investigational
Relebactam
Relebactam is a diazabicyclooctane beta-lactamase inhibitor, similar in structure to avibactam.[A181195,A181207] It includes a piperidine ring which reduces export from bacterial cells by producing a positive charge. It is currently available in a combination product which includes imipenem and cilastatin to treat complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), pyelonephritis, and complicated...
Approved
Investigational
Pretomanid
Persistent forms of tuberculosis (TB) have proven to be a major cause of global morbidity and mortality and a cause for significant concern. Research in recent years has been geared toward the development of novel therapies that target persistent forms of this disease, which have shown resistance to standard therapy...
Approved
Fexinidazole
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, also colloquially referred to as sleeping sickness), caused by T. brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense, remains a moderate risk (>1/10,000 inhabitants per year in endemic areas) despite focussed control efforts. Transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly, HAT is biphasic with a first...
Approved
Investigational
Etofamide
Etofamide is used as an antiamoebic agent. Etofamide, under the brand name Kitnos, was marketed in Brazil by Pfizer but has been discontinued .
Approved
Melatonin
Melatonin is a biogenic amine that is found in animals, plants and microbes. Aaron B. Lerner of Yale University is credited for naming the hormone and for defining its chemical structure in 1958. In mammals, melatonin is produced by the pineal gland. The pineal gland is small endocrine gland, about...
Approved
Nutraceutical
Vet approved
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