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Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine is a weak partial mu-opioid receptor agonist and a weak kappa-opioid receptor antagonist used for the treatment of severe pain.[A186283,A186292] It is also commonly used as an alternative to methadone for the treatment of severe opioid addiction. Buprenorphine is commercially available as the brand name product Suboxone which is...

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Illicit

Investigational

Vet approved

Matched Synonyms: … 21-cyclopropyl-7α-[(S)-1-hydroxy-1,2,2-trimethylpropyl]-6,14-endo-ethano-6,7,8,14-tetrahydrooripavine …
Matched Description: … ] (SROM) is termed Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) or Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST). ... [A186215,A186218] It also means that opioid-dependent patients do not experience sedation or euphoria ... opioids can often be injected and may be laced with other substances that increase the risk of harm or …
Matched Salts cas: … 53152-21-9 …
Matched Categories: … Heterocyclic Compounds with 4 or More Rings …

Tamoxifen

Tamoxifen is a non-steroidal antiestrogen used to treat estrogen receptor positive breast cancers as well as prevent the incidence of breast cancer in high risk populations.[A1025,L7799,L7802] Tamoxifen is used alone or as an adjuvant in these treatments.[L7799,L7802] Tamoxifen may no longer be the preferred treatment for these types of cancers...

Approved

Matched Description: … [A1025,L7799,L7802] Tamoxifen is used alone or as an adjuvant in these treatments. …

Somatrogon

Somatrogon is a long-acting recombinant human growth hormone. Growth hormone is a peptide hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that plays a crucial role in promoting longitudinal growth during childhood and adolescence and regulating metabolic function in adulthood. Recombinant growth hormone therapy for growth hormone deficiency and other conditions has...

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Matched Description: … It is a chimeric product generated by fusing three copies of the C-terminal peptide (CTP), or 28 carboxy-terminal …

Ansuvimab

Infection with pathogenic filoviruses, such as Zaire ebolavirus (Ebola virus, EBOV), can cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans, resulting in frequent outbreaks with case fatality rates as high as 90%.[A225933, A225938] Virtually all steps of the EBOV lifecycle have been targeted for therapeutic development. However, to date, the most successful...

Approved

Investigational

Matched Description: … [A207646] Ansuvimab received FDA approval on December 21, 2020, and is currently marketed as Ebanga …

Ebola Zaire vaccine (live, attenuated)

Ebola virus vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent Ebola virus disease caused by Zaire ebolavirus in adults, prevent outbreaks, and reduce the extent of the virus spreading in case of outbreaks. Ebola virus disease, formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare but severe and often deadly disease....

Approved

Matched Description: … protein to the patient, the patient’s immune system learns to recognize and attack the virus if he or …

Hydrocortisone acetate

Approved

Vet approved

Matched Synonyms: … 21-O-acetylcortisol ... Cortisol 21-acetate ... Hydrocortisone 21-acetate …

Clocortolone

Clocortolone is a medium potency corticosteroid that is often used as a topical cream for the relief of inflammatory oand pruritic (itching) arising from steroid-responsive dermatoses of the scalp.

Approved

Matched Synonyms: … 9-chloro-6alpha-Fluoro-11beta,21-dihydroxy-16alpha-methyl-1,4-pregnadien-3,20-dione ... 9-chloro-6alpha-Fluoro-16alpha-methyl-1,4-pregnadiene-11beta,21-diol-3,20-dione …

Betamethasone phosphate

Betamethasone phosphate is a prodrug that is rapidly hydrolyzed, providing rapidly accessible betamethasone to agonize glucocorticoid receptors. Betamethasone provides greater anti-inflammatory activity than prednisolone with less sodium and water retention. Betamethasone sodium phosphate was granted FDA approval on 3 March 1965.

Approved

Vet approved

Matched Synonyms: … Betamethasone 21-phosphate ... Betamethasone 21-(dihydrogen phosphate) …

Benzoic acid

A fungistatic compound that is widely used as a food preservative. It is conjugated to GLYCINE in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid. As the sodium salt form, sodium benzoate is used as a treatment for urea cycle disorders due to its ability to bind amino acids. This leads...

Approved

Investigational

Matched Description: … Total Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale scores dropped by 21% compared to placebo. …
Matched Categories: … Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household setting …

Cortisone acetate

Cortisone acetate was first isolate in 1935 and became more widely researched in 1949. Since then, glucocorticoids such as cortisone acetate have been used to treat a number of inflammatory conditions such as endocrine, rheumatic, collagen, dermatologic, allergic, ophthalmic, respiratory, hematologic, neoplastic, edematous, and gastrointestinal diseases and disorders.[A226300,L13203] Cortisone acetate...

Approved

Investigational

Matched Synonyms: … Cortisone 21-acetate …

Prednisone

A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from cortisone. It is biologically inert and converted to prednisolone in the liver. Prednisone was granted FDA approval on 21 February 1955.

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Vet approved

Matched Synonyms: … 1,4-Pregnadiene-17α,21-diol-3,11,20-trione …
Matched Description: … [L10502] Prednisone was granted FDA approval on 21 February 1955.[L10496] …

Triamcinolone

Triamcinolone is a corticosteroid used to treat various inflammatory conditions in the body from allergic rhinitis to acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. Triamcinolone can be used as a one time adjunct treatment of osteoarthritic knee pain, or first line as a topical treatment of corticosteroid responsive dermatoses. Triamcinolone is more...

Approved

Vet approved

Matched Synonyms: … 11β,16α,17α,21-tetrahydroxy-9α-fluoro-1,4-pregnadiene-3,20-dione ... 9α-fluoro-11β,16α,17α,21-tetrahydroxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione …
Matched Description: … L8255] Triamcinolone can be used as a one time adjunct treatment of osteoarthritic knee pain,[L8264] or …

Ulobetasol

Ulobetasol is a highly potent corticosteroid. It is structurally related to clobetasol. Due to its high potency, it is mainly prescribed in the treatment of severe plaque psoriasis and corticosteroid responsive dermatoses.[L15047,L15052,L15102] Ulobetasol was granted FDA approval on 17 December 1990.

Approved

Matched Synonyms: … 21-chloro diflorasone …

Hydrocortisone

Hydrocortisone, or cortisol, is a glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. Hydrocortisone is used to treat immune, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions.[L10529,L10532,L10535,L10538,L7772,L7321] It was discovered in the 1930s by Edward Kendall and named Compound F, or 17-hydroxycorticosterone. Hydrocortisone was granted FDA approval on 5 August 1952.

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Vet approved

Matched Synonyms: … 4-pregnen-11β,17α,21-triol-3,20-dione ... 11beta,17alpha,21-Trihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione …
Matched Description: … Hydrocortisone, or cortisol, is a glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. ... L10532,L10535,L10538,L7772,L7321] It was discovered in the 1930s by Edward Kendall and named Compound F, or …
Matched Products: … Petrocort Antipruritic Lip 21 …

Budesonide

Budesonide is a glucocorticoid that is a mix of the 22R and 22S epimer used to treat inflammatory conditions of the lungs and intestines such as asthma, COPD, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.[A188529,A188532] Budesonide was granted FDA approval on 14 February 1994. It is also available in a combination product...

Approved

Desonide

A nonfluorinated corticosteroid anti-inflammatory agent used topically for dermatoses.

Approved

Investigational

Matched Synonyms: … 11β,21-dihydroxy-16α,17-isopropylidenedioxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione ... 11β,21-dihydroxy-16α,17α-isopropylidenedioxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione ... 11β,21-dihydroxy-16α,17-[(1-methylethylidene)bis(oxy)]pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione …

Polyethylene glycol 400

Polyethylene glycols (PEGs) are products made of condensed ethylene oxide and water that can contain various derivatives and have various functions. Because many PEG types are hydrophilic, they are favorably used as enhancers of penetration, and used heavily in topical dermatological preparations. PEGs, along with their many nonionic derivatives, are...

Approved

Matched Description: … It is used in ophthalmic solutions for the relief of burning, irritation and/or discomfort that follows …
Matched Categories: … Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household setting …

Perflutren

Perflutren, a diagnostic drug that is intended to be used for contrast enhancement during the indicated echocardiographic procedures, is comprised of lipid-coated microspheres filled with octafluoropropane(OFP) gas. When exposed to ultrasound waves, the microspheres resonate and "echo" strong signals back to the ultrasound machine. The difference in density between the...

Approved

Matched Description: … During echocardiography, activated Perflutren enhances images of the inner edges or borders of the heart …
Matched Categories: … Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household setting …

Drospirenone

Drospirenone is a synthetic progestin commonly found in the popular oral contraceptive, Yaz in combination with Ethinyl estradiol. Most recently, it was approved by both Health Canada and the FDA in combination with Estetrol as an oral contraceptive therapy.[L33199,L33174] Aside from its contraceptive effects, drospirenone is used with estrogens to...

Approved

Matched Mixtures name: … Zarah 21 ... Yasmin 21 ... Zamine 21 …

Influenza A virus A/Victoria/210/2009 X-187 (H3N2) antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)

A seasonally-specific component of the influenza vaccine. The influenza vaccine, also known as the "flu shot", is a vaccine that protects against infection from the influenza viruses. Vaccines provide protection from influenza by exposing the immune system to the virus (or parts of the virus) which stimulates an immunological defence...

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