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Tirzepatide

Tirzepatide is a novel dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist. Dual GIP/GLP-1 agonists gained increasing attention as new therapeutic agents for glycemic and weight control as they demonstrated better glucose control and weight loss compared to selective GLP-1 receptor agonists in preclinical and clinical trials....
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [A246260] Tirzepatide comprises a 39 amino acid linear synthetic peptide conjugated to a C20 fatty ... agonists in preclinical and clinical trials. ... only GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist for this indication. …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Fruquintinib

Fruquintinib is a novel small-molecule anti-VEGFR that targets VEGFR-1,-2, and -3 to inhibit angiogenesis. Tumor angiogenesis is one of the most critical biological processes for increasing oxygen and nutrient supply to cancer cells, and the VEGF/VEGFR pathway is one of the most critical pathways for this phenomenon.[A262102,A262107] Indeed, oncogenic activation,...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF therapy, and, if RAS wild-type and medically appropriate ... Fruquintinib is a novel small-molecule anti-VEGFR that targets VEGFR-1,-2, and -3 to inhibit angiogenesis ... Tumor angiogenesis is one of the most critical biological processes for increasing oxygen and nutrient …

Tecovirimat

The World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, eradicated in 1980. However, there have been longstanding concerns that smallpox may be used as a bioweapon.[A35133,L3614] Tecovirimat is an antiviral drug that was identified via a high-throughput screen in 2002. It is effective against all orthopoxviruses,...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … to treat monkeypox and cowpox in adults and children. ... [L40154] Tecovirimat is available as both oral and intravenous formulations.[L41835] ... The World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, …

Vildagliptin

Vildagliptin (LAF237) is an orally active antihyperglycemic agent that selectively inhibits the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) enzyme. It is used to manage type II diabetes mellitus, where GLP-1 secretion and insulinotropic effects are impaired. By inhibiting DPP-4, vildagliptin prevents the degradation of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP),...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Elevated levels of GLP-1 and GIP consequently results in improved glycemic control. ... It is used to manage type II diabetes mellitus, where GLP-1 secretion and insulinotropic effects are ... A232488] By inhibiting DPP-4, vildagliptin prevents the degradation of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... metformin and vildagliptin …

Nabumetone

Nabumetone was originally developed as a non-acidic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).[label] It was thought to avoid trapping of the drug in the stomach by making it unable to dissociate into ions which was believed to reduce GI toxicity by limiting local action. While slightly reduced, possibly due to a degree...
Approved
Matched Description: … Nabumetone was developed by Smithkline Beecham under the trade name Relafen and first received FDA approval ... [label,A178903] The molecule itself is a pro-drug with its 6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid (6-MNA) metabolite …
Matched Categories: … Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products ... Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Products, Non-Steroids …

Halazepam

Halazepam is a benzodiazepine derivative drug exerting anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative, a muscle relaxing effects.[A1212, A178114] It has been shown to be less toxic than chlordiazepoxide or diazepam. This drug is no longer marketed in the United States, and was withdrawn by Schering, its manufacturer, in 2009.[L6226, L6229]
Approved
Illicit
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … [A1212] This drug is no longer marketed in the United States, and was withdrawn by _Schering_, its manufacturer …
Matched Categories: … Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine derivatives …

Zopiclone

Zopiclone is a novel hypnotic agent used in the treatment of insomnia. Its mechanism of action is based on modulating benzodiazepine receptors. In addition to zopiclone's benzodiazepine pharmacological properties it also has some barbiturate-like properties.
Approved
Matched Categories: … Zopiclone and prodrugs ... Hypnotics and Sedatives ... Benzodiazepine hypnotics and sedatives ... Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders ... Miscellaneous Anxiolytics Sedatives and Hypnotics …

Daridorexant

Daridorexant, formerly known as nemorexant, is a selective dual orexin receptor antagonist used to treat insomnia. Insomnia is characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance and impairment of daytime functioning. It chronically affects the person's daily functioning and long-term health effects, as insomnia is often associated with comorbidities...
Approved
Matched Description: … Conventional treatments for insomnia include drugs targeting gamma-aminobutyric acid type-A (GABA-A), ... Insomnia is characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance and impairment of ... associated with comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, and depression. …
Matched Categories: … Hypnotics and Sedatives …

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
Matched Description: … , fertility and reproduction. ... 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 …
Matched Categories: … Hypnotics and Sedatives ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Estradiol acetate

Estradiol acetate is a pro-drug ester of DB00783, a naturally occurring hormone that circulates endogenously within the human body. Estradiol is the most potent form of all mammalian estrogenic steroids and acts as the major female sex hormone. As a pro-drug of estradiol, estradiol acetate therefore has the same downstream...
Approved
Investigational
Vet approved
Matched Description: … Because of the difference in potency between estradiol and estrone, menopause (and a change in primary ... a chance to enter systemic circulation and exert its estrogenic effects [A12102]. ... Estradiol is the most potent form of all mammalian estrogenic steroids and acts as the major female sex …

Estradiol cypionate

Estradiol Cypionate is a pro-drug ester of DB00783, a naturally occurring hormone that circulates endogenously within the human body. Estradiol is the most potent form of all mammalian estrogenic steroids and acts as the major female sex hormone. As a pro-drug of estradiol, estradiol cypionate therefore has the same downstream...
Approved
Investigational
Vet approved
Matched Description: … Because of the difference in potency between estradiol and estrone, menopause (and a change in primary ... skin, prostate, bone, fat, and brain. ... a chance to enter systemic circulation and exert its estrogenic effects [A12102]. …
Matched Categories: … Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Cisatracurium

Cisatracurium is a non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent of the benzylisoquinolinium class, available in its salt form, cisatracurium besylate.[A243416,A253592] Cisatracurium has an intermediate duration of action and is one of the most commonly used neuromuscular blocking agents in intensive care.[A253592,A253597]. Cisatracurium acts on cholinergic receptors, blocking neuromuscular transmission. This action is...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [A243416,A253592] Cisatracurium has an intermediate duration of action and is one of the most commonly ... [A243416,A253592] Cisatracurium is an R-cis-R-cis isomer of [atracurium] and has approximately 3 times …

Flunitrazepam

Flunitrazepam is a benzodiazepine with pharmacologic actions similar to those of diazepam that can cause anterograde amnesia. Some reports indicate that it is used as a date rape drug and suggest that it may precipitate violent behavior. The United States Government has banned the importation of this drug.
Approved
Illicit
Matched Description: … Some reports indicate that it is used as a date rape drug and suggest that it may precipitate violent …
Matched Categories: … Hypnotics and Sedatives ... Benzodiazepine hypnotics and sedatives ... Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine derivatives …

Macimorelin

Macimorelin, a novel and orally active ghrelin mimetic that stimulates GH secretion, is used in the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency (AGHD). More specifically, macimorelin is a peptidomimetic growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) that acts as an agonist of GH secretagogue receptor, or ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1a) to dose-dependently increase GH levels...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … such as AIDS and cancer. ... Macimorelin, a novel and orally active ghrelin mimetic that stimulates GH secretion, is used in the diagnosis ... They include treatment for growth retardation in children and cachexia associated with chronic disease …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

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
Matched Description: … Levomilnacipran is a selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), although it is ... [A261181, L47956] Once administered, interconversion between levomilnacipran and its stereoisomer does ... [L47956] While levomilnacipran was previously investigated and proposed as a potential treatment for …
Matched Categories: … Milnacipran and enantiomer ... Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors …

Nintedanib

Nintedanib is a small molecule kinase inhibitor used in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).[L8453,L8459] It was first approved for use in the United States in 2014. Within the spectrum of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment options, nintedanib is currently one...
Approved
Matched Description: … used in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, and ... agent for NSCLC, nintedanib, in combination with [Docetaxel], is reserved for patients who have tried and ... indicated for the condition (the other being [Pirfenidone]) and as such is used as a first-line treatment …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …

Estazolam

A benzodiazepine with anticonvulsant, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant properties. It has been shown in some cases to be more potent than diazepam or nitrazepam.
Approved
Illicit
Matched Description: … A benzodiazepine with anticonvulsant, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant properties. …
Matched Categories: … Hypnotics and Sedatives ... Benzodiazepine hypnotics and sedatives ... Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine derivatives …

Etelcalcetide

Etelcalcetide is a calcimimetic drug for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Etelcalcetide was approved (trade name Parsabiv) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis in February, 2017.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … butyl]carbamoyl}butyl]carbamoyl}butyl]carbamoyl}ethyl]carbamoyl}-2-acetamidoethyl]disulfanyl}propanoic acid …
Matched Categories: … Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …

Parathyroid hormone

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a single-chain polypeptide composed of 84 amino acids. Available as Preotact, it is an identical form of human recombinant hormome which produced as a fusion protein undergoeing post-translational processing involving the cleavage of the OmpA leader sequence, leaving the mature protein as a single-chain 84 amino-acids...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ... The name Preos and the New Drug Application is pending approval by the U.S. ... used in the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of osteoporotic fractures and …
Matched Categories: … Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Parathyroid Hormones and Analogues ... Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Oxytocin

Sir Henry H. Dale first identified oxytocin and its uterine contractile properties in 1906.[A229008,A228593,A229108] Like all other neurohypophysial hormones, oxytocin is composed of nine amino acids with a disulfide bridge between the Cys 1 and 6 residues.[A229008,A228593] In the mid-1950s, synthetic oxytocin was successfully synthesized by a biochemist named Vincent...
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … and central effects. ... [A229008] It plays an important role in pair bonding, social cognition and functioning, and even fear ... Dale first identified oxytocin and its uterine contractile properties in 1906. …
Matched Categories: … Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones and Analogues ... Oxytocin and Analogues ... Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... methylergometrine and oxytocin …

Metreleptin

Metreleptin, a recombinant analog of the human hormone leptin, is an orphan drug used to treat complications of leptin deficiency in people with lipodystrophy. Lipodystrophies include a range of disorders characterized by the reduction, absence, or altered distribution of adipose tissue. Complications of lipodystrophy include metabolic abnormalities such as hypertriglyceridemia,...
Approved
Matched Description: … fasting glucose, reduced triglycerides, and reductions in food intake. ... include metabolic abnormalities such as hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, and ... Metreleptin is produced in _E. coli_ and differs from native human leptin by the addition of a methionine …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids and Derivatives ... Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

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 Description: … A215597] Due to its high potency, it is mainly prescribed in the treatment of severe plaque psoriasis and …
Matched Categories: … tazarotene and ulobetasol …

Tixocortol

Tixocortol is a 21-thiol derivative of hydrocortisone classified as a class A corticosteroid. It is a synthetic steroid with topical anti-inflammatory properties without the systemic glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid activities and toxicity.
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … mineralocorticoid activities and toxicity. ... is a synthetic steroid with topical anti-inflammatory properties without the systemic glucocorticoid and …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists …

Laropiprant

Laropiprant is an ingredient in the EMA-withdrawn product Pelzont.
Approved
Investigational
Withdrawn
Matched Iupac: … 3R)-4-[(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]-7-fluoro-5-methanesulfonyl-1H,2H,3H,4H-cyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl]acetic acid …

Deflazacort

Deflazacort, also known as Emflaza, is a corticosteroid prodrug used as an agent to manage Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). It is marketed by Marathon Pharmaceuticals and was approved in February 2017 by the FDA.[L6694,FDA label] Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an inherited disorder resulting from mutations of the dystrophin gene, which...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … This disease can cause serious muscle weakness and progressive breathing and cardiovascular disability ... , severely impacting patient quality of life and survival. ... It is marketed by Marathon Pharmaceuticals and was approved in February 2017 by the FDA. …
Matched Categories: … Sex Hormones and Insulins …
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