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Sofosbuvir

Sofosbuvir (tradename Sovaldi) is a direct acting antiviral medication used as part of combination therapy to treat chronic Hepatitis C, an infectious liver disease caused by infection with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). HCV is a single-stranded RNA virus that is categorized into nine distinct genotypes, with genotype 1 being the...
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Matched Description: … therapy of 93-99% depending on genotype and level of cirrhosis [L852]. ... Lack of significant side effects and short duration of therapy is a considerable advantage over older ... reduced liver-related damage, improved quality of life, reduced incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma …
Matched Categories: … Antivirals for treatment of HCV infections …

Nafcillin

A semi-synthetic antibiotic related to penicillin, Naficillin is a narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic drug. It is a beta-lactamase-resistant penicillin that is indicated for the treatment of Staphylococcal infections caused by strains that are resistant to other penicillins, except those caused by MRSA. It may be used as a first-line therapy in...
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Matched Description: … It is a beta-lactamase-resistant penicillin that is indicated for the treatment of Staphylococcal infections …
Matched Categories: … combinations of penicillins …

Methyltestosterone

A synthetic anabolic steroid used for treating men with testosterone deficiency or similar androgen replacement therapies. Also, has antineoplastic properties and so has been used secondarily in women with advanced breast cancer. Methyltestosterone is a schedule III drug in the US.
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Matched Categories: … Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System …

Methysergide

An ergot derivative that is a congener of lysergic acid diethylamide. It antagonizes the effects of serotonin in blood vessels and gastrointestinal smooth muscle, but has few of the properties of other ergot alkaloids. Methysergide is used prophylactically in migraine and other vascular headaches and to antagonize serotonin in the...
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Matched Description: … few of the properties of other ergot alkaloids. ... An ergot derivative that is a congener of lysergic acid diethylamide. ... It antagonizes the effects of serotonin in blood vessels and gastrointestinal smooth muscle, but has …

Acetylcysteine

Acetylcysteine is an antioxidant and glutathione inducer indicated for mucolytic therapy and the treatment of acetaminophen overdose.[L31378,L31383,L31388,L31478] Acetylcysteine has also been studied for a wide variety of off-label indications with mixed results.[A228158,A228163,A228168] Acetylcysteine was granted FDA approval on 14 September 1963.
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Matched Description: … Acetylcysteine is an antioxidant and glutathione inducer indicated for mucolytic therapy and the treatment of ... [L31378,L31383,L31388,L31478] Acetylcysteine has also been studied for a wide variety of off-label indications …

Amoxapine

Amoxapine, the N-demethylated derivative of the antipsychotic agent loxapine, is a dibenzoxazepine-derivative tricyclic antidepressant (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, amoxapine does not affect mood or arousal, but may cause sedation....
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Matched Description: … TCAs are potent inhibitors of serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake. ... See toxicity section below for a complete listing of side effects. ... Amoxapine, the N-demethylated derivative of the antipsychotic agent loxapine, is a dibenzoxazepine-derivative …
Matched Categories: … Combined Inhibitors of Serotonin/Norepinephrine Reuptake ... Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Pentobarbital

A short-acting barbiturate that is effective as a sedative and hypnotic (but not as an anti-anxiety) agent and is usually given orally. It is prescribed more frequently for sleep induction than for sedation but, like similar agents, may lose its effectiveness by the second week of continued administration. (From AMA...
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Matched Description: … induction than for sedation but, like similar agents, may lose its effectiveness by the second week of …
Matched Categories: … combinations of barbiturates …

Minaprine

Minaprine is a psychotropic drug which has proved to be effective in the treatment of various depressive states. Like most antidepressants minaprine antagonizes behavioral despair. Minaprine is an amino-phenylpyridazine antidepressant reported to be relatively free of cardiotoxicity, drowsiness, and weight gain.
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Matched Description: … Minaprine is a psychotropic drug which has proved to be effective in the treatment of various depressive ... Minaprine is an amino-phenylpyridazine antidepressant reported to be relatively free of cardiotoxicity …
Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Benzatropine

Benztropine, with the chemical formula 3alpha-diphenylmethoxytropane, is a tropane-based dopamine inhibitor used for the symptomatic treatment of Parkinson's disease. It is a combination molecule between a tropane ring, similar to cocaine, and a diphenyl ether from the dialkylpiperazines determined to be a dopamine uptake inhibitor since 1970. The generation of...
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Matched Description: … of a chlorine substituent in the para position in one of the phenyl rings produces an increased potency ... 3alpha-diphenylmethoxytropane, is a tropane-based dopamine inhibitor used for the symptomatic treatment of ... for dopamine uptake inhibition as well as a decreased inhibition of serotonin and norepinephrine. …
Matched Categories: … Ethers of Tropine or Tropine Derivatives …

Loxapine

An antipsychotic agent used in schizophrenia. [PubChem]
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Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Metolazone

A quinazoline-sulfonamide that is considered a thiazide-like diuretic which is long-acting so useful in chronic renal failure. It also tends to lower blood pressure and increase potassium loss.
Approved
Matched Categories: … combinations of sulfonamides …

Linezolid

Linezolid is a synthetic antibiotic which is used for the treatment of infections caused by aerobic Gram-positive bacteria. Its effects are bacteriostatic against both enterococci and staphylococci and bactericidal against most isolates of streptococci. Linezolid exerts its antibacterial activity by inhibiting the initiation of bacterial protein synthesis - more specifically,...
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Matched Description: … are bacteriostatic against both enterococci and staphylococci and bactericidal against most isolates of ... [L32965] Linezolid exerts its antibacterial activity by inhibiting the initiation of bacterial protein ... synthesis - more specifically, it binds to the 23S ribosomal RNA of the 50S subunit[A11227,A199050] …
Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Pentoxifylline

Pentoxifylline (PTX) is a synthetic dimethylxanthine derivative that modulates the rheological properties of blood and also has both anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.[A226415, L30300] Although originally developed to treat intermittent claudication, a form of exertion-induced leg pain common in patients with peripheral arterial disease, PTX has been investigated for its possible...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … Pentoxifylline (PTX) is a synthetic dimethylxanthine derivative that modulates the rheological properties of ... treatment for COVID-19-induced pulmonary complications due to its ability to regulate the production of ... [A226415, L30300] Although originally developed to treat intermittent claudication, a form of exertion-induced …
Matched Categories: … combinations of xanthines …

Opium

Opium is the first substance of the diverse group of the opiates. It has been known for a long time, and the first evidence of a poppy culture dates from 5 thousand years by the Sumerians. During the years, opium was used as a sedative and hypnotic, but it was...
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Matched Description: … Opium is the first substance of the diverse group of the opiates. ... harmful effects of opium. ... in the category of isoquinolines. …
Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

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...
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Matched Description: … an antiretroviral protease inhibitor used in combination with other antiretrovirals in the treatment of ... targeted by the HIV-1 protease enzyme but which itself cannot be cleaved, thus preventing the activity of ... Ritonavir is a potent inhibitor of the enzymes responsible for lopinavir metabolism, and its co-administration …
Matched Categories: … Metabolic Side Effects of Drugs and Substances ... Antivirals used in combination for the treatment of HIV infections …

Fluvoxamine

Fluvoxamine is an antidepressant which functions pharmacologically as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Though it is in the same class as other SSRI drugs, it is most often used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Fluvoxamine has been in use in clinical practice since 1983 and has a clinical trial database comprised...
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Matched Description: … As of the end of 1995, more than 10 million patients worldwide have been treated with fluvoxamine. ... Fluvoxamine has been in use in clinical practice since 1983 and has a clinical trial database comprised of …
Matched Categories: … Metabolic Side Effects of Drugs and Substances ... Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Trimipramine

Tricyclic antidepressant similar to imipramine, but with more antihistaminic and sedative properties.
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Matched Categories: … Combined Inhibitors of Serotonin/Norepinephrine Reuptake ... Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Methylergometrine

A homolog of ergonovine containing one more CH2 group. (Merck Index, 11th ed)
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Matched Description: … A homolog of ergonovine containing one more CH2 group. (Merck Index, 11th ed) …

Phentermine

Phentermine is a sympathomimetic amine anorectic agent and it was introduced in 1959 as part of an anti-obesity combination drug.[A174361, A174364] It is chemically related to amphetamine and it is commonly referred to as an atypical amphetamine. Phentermine has not been reported an addictive potential which allows this agent to...
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Illicit
Matched Description: … ] was discontinued after finding several reports of abnormal valves in nearly 30% of the consumers. ... Phentermine is a sympathomimetic amine anorectic agent and it was introduced in 1959 as part of an anti-obesity ... This initial product, formed by the combination of phentermine with [fenfluramine] and [dexfenfluramine …
Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Benzphetamine

A sympathomimetic agent with properties similar to dextroamphetamine. It is used in the treatment of obesity. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1222)
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Matched Description: … It is used in the treatment of obesity. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1222) …
Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

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...
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Matched Description: … Drospirenone has been the subject of widespread safety concern due to the possibility of an increased ... risk of venous thromboembolism associated with its use. ... thromboembolism resulting from the use of drospirenone remains unclear, as studies regarding this risk …
Matched Categories: … Sex Hormones and Modulators of the Genital System …

Sertindole

Sertindole, a neuroleptic, is one of the newer antipsychotic medications available. Serdolect is developed by the Danish pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck. It is a phenylindole derivative used in the treatment of schizophrenia. It was first marketed in 1996 in several European countries before being withdrawn two years later because of...
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Matched Description: … It is a phenylindole derivative used in the treatment of schizophrenia. ... Sertindole, a neuroleptic, is one of the newer antipsychotic medications available. ... first marketed in 1996 in several European countries before being withdrawn two years later because of …
Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Buspirone

Buspirone is a novel anxiolytic agent with a unique structure and a pharmacological profile. Belonging to the azaspirodecanedione drug class, buspirone is a serotonin 5-HT1A receptor agonist that is not chemically or pharmacologically related to benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and other sedative/anxiolytic drugs. Unlike many drugs used to treat anxiety, buspirone does...
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Matched Description: … been used to treat anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and relieve symptoms of ... It has also been used as a second-line therapy for unipolar depression when the use of selective serotonin ... [L7375] The potential use of buspirone in combination with [melatonin] in depression and cognitive impairment …
Matched Categories: … Serotonergic Drugs Shown to Increase Risk of Serotonin Syndrome …

Thiopental

A barbiturate that is administered intravenously for the induction of general anesthesia or for the production of complete anesthesia of short duration. It is also used for hypnosis and for the control of convulsive states. It has been used in neurosurgical patients to reduce increased intracranial pressure. It does not...
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Vet approved
Matched Description: … of complete anesthesia of short duration. ... It is also used for hypnosis and for the control of convulsive states. ... A barbiturate that is administered intravenously for the induction of general anesthesia or for the production …
Matched Categories: … combinations of barbiturates …

Cyclobenzaprine

Cyclobenzaprine, a centrally-acting muscle relaxant, was first synthesized in 1961 and has been available for human use since 1977. It was initially studied for use as antidepressant given its structural similarity to tricyclic antidepressants - it differs from Amitriptyline by only a single double bond.[A185039,A184982] Since its approval, it has...
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