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A drug class is a method of identifying and grouping drugs by chemical type, active ingredients, or by medical condition it treats. A drug may belong in more than one drug class.
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| x Leprosy | |||
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| x Benzodiazepine |
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Lorazepam |
A benzodiazepine (pronounced /ˌbɛnzɵdaɪˈæzɨpiːn/, sometimes abbreviated to "benzo") is a psychoactive drug whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. The first benzodiazepine, chlordiazepoxide (Librium), was...
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| Oxazepam | |||
| Temazepam | |||
| Diazepam | |||
| Flunitrazepam | |||
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| x Diuretic |
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Caffeine |
A diuretic is any drug that elevates the rate of urination and thus provides a means of forced diuresis. There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from bodies, although each class does so in a distinct...
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| Ticrynafen | |||
| Ethacrynic acid | |||
| Torasemide | |||
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| x Value |
The economic value of a good or service has puzzled economists since the beginning of the discipline. First, economists tried to estimate the value of a good to an individual alone, and extend that definition to goods which can be exchanged. From...
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| x Beta-lactam antibiotic | Ampicillin |
β-lactam antibiotics are a broad class of antibiotics that include penicillin derivatives (penams), cephalosporins (cephems), monobactams, and carbapenems, that is, any antibiotic agent that contains a β-lactam nucleus in its molecular structure....
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| Methicillin | |||
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| x Analgesic | Aspirin |
An analgesic (also known as a painkiller) is any member of the group of drugs used to relieve pain (achieve analgesia). The word analgesic derives from Greek an- ("without") and algos ("pain"). Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral...
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| Paracetamol | |||
| Fentanyl | |||
| Methadone | |||
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| x Anxiolytic | Lorazepam |
An anxiolytic (also antipanic or antianxiety agent) is a drug used for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety. Anxiolytics have been shown to be useful in the treatment of anxiety disorders.
Though not anxiolytics, beta-receptor blockers such as...
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| Diazepam | |||
| x Barbiturate |
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Phenobarbital |
Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, and, by virtue of this, they produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to total anesthesia. They are also effective as anxiolytics, hypnotics and as anticonvulsants....
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| Sodium thiopental | |||
| Thiobarbital | |||
| Thiobutabarbital | |||
| Thiamylal | |||
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| x Carboxamide |
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Carbamazepine |
Carboxamides are drugs that can be used as anticonvulsants. In organic chemistry carboxamides (or amino carbonyls) are functional groups with the general structure R-CO-NH2 with R as an organic substituent.
Two amino acids, asparagine and glutamine,...
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| Oxcarbazepine | |||
| Rufinamide | |||
| x Opiate |
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Codeine |
In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant, as well as many semisynthetic chemical derivatives of such alkaloids.
Opiates are so named because they are constituents...
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| x Macrolide |
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Erythromycin |
The macrolides are a group of drugs (typically antibiotics) whose activity stems from the presence of a macrolide ring, a large macrocyclic lactone ring to which one or more deoxy sugars, usually cladinose and desosamine, may be attached. The...
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| x Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
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Aspirin |
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, usually abbreviated to NSAIDs or NAIDs, are drugs with analgesic, antipyretic (lowering an elevated body temperature and relieving pain without impairing consciousness) and, in higher doses, with anti...
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| Ibuprofen | |||
| Ketoprofen | |||
| Diclofenac | |||
| Phenylbutazone | |||
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| x Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor |
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Galantamine |
An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (often abbreviated AChEI) or anti-cholinesterase is a chemical that inhibits the cholinesterase enzyme from breaking down acetylcholine, increasing both the level and duration of action of the neurotransmitter...
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| Huperzine A | |||
| Donezepil | |||
| x Allosteric activator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors | Galantamine | ||
| x Racetam |
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Pramiracetam |
Racetams are a class of nootropic drugs that share a pyrrolidone nucleus.
There is no generally accepted mechanism for racetams. They generally show no affinity for the most important receptors, although modulation of most important central...
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| Piracetam | |||
| Nefiracetam | |||
| Oxiracetam | |||
| Aniracetam | |||
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| x NMDA receptor antagonist |
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Memantine |
NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of anesthetics that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the N-methyl d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). They are used as anesthesia for animals and, less commonly, for humans; the state of anesthesia they...
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| Ketamine | |||
| Dextrorphan | |||
| Phencyclidine | |||
| Dizocilpine | |||
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| x 5-HT3 receptor antagonist | Memantine |
The 5-HT3 antagonists are a class of medications that act as receptor antagonists at the 5-hydroxytryptamine-3 receptor (5-HT3 receptor), a subtype of serotonin receptor found in terminals of the vagus nerve and in certain areas of the brain. With...
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| x Nicotinic receptor antagonist | Memantine |
A nicotinic antagonist is a type of anticholinergic that inhibits the action at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These compounds are mainly used for peripheral muscle paralysis in surgery, but some centrally acting compounds such as bupropion,...
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| x PDE1 inhibitor | Vinpocetine | ||
| x Vasodilator |
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Vinpocetine |
Vasodilation refers to the widening of blood vessels resulting from relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, particularly in the large arteries, smaller arterioles and large veins. The process is essentially the opposite of...
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| x Acetylcholine precursor | Citicoline | ||
| Choline alfoscerate | |||
| x Antipsychotic |
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Reserpine |
Antipsychotics (also called neuroleptics) are a group of psychoactive drugs commonly but not exclusively used to treat psychosis, which is typified by schizophrenia, but can also be present in severe bipolar disorder, as well as many other...
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| x Antihypertensive agent | Reserpine |
Any substance used in the treatment of acute or chronic hypertension regardless of pharmacological mechanism. Antihypertensive agents include diuretics, alpha-adrenergic and beta-adrenergic antagonists, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors,...
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| x PDE5 inhibitor |
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Avanafil |
A phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, often shortened to PDE5 inhibitor, is a drug used to block the degradative action of phosphodiesterase type 5 on cyclic GMP in the smooth muscle cells lining the blood vessels supplying the corpus cavernosum of...
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| Tadalafil | |||
| Udenafil | |||
| Sildenafil | |||
| Vardenafil | |||
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| x PDE4 inhibitor | Mesembrine | ||
| Rolipram | |||
| Ibudilast | |||
| x Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor |
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Mesembrine |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs) are a class of compounds typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, and some personality disorders. They are also...
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| Escitalopram | |||
| Citalopram | |||
| Paroxetine | |||
| Sertraline | |||
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| x TRPC6 activator | Hyperforin | ||
| x Beta blocker |
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Propranolol |
Beta blockers (sometimes written as β-blocker) is a class of drugs used for various indications, but particularly for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, cardioprotection after myocardial infarction (heart attack), and hypertension. Propranolol...
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| Esmolol | |||
| Atenolol | |||
| Metoprolol | |||
| Oxprenolol | |||
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| x Antihistamine |
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H₂-receptor antagonist |
An H1 antagonist is a histamine antagonist of the H1 receptor that serves to reduce or eliminate effects mediated by histamine, an endogenous chemical mediator released during allergic reactions. Agents where the main therapeutic effect is mediated...
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| Chlorphenamine | |||
| x Antihypertensive |
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Clonidine |
The antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Evidence suggests that reduction of the blood pressure by 5 mmHg can decrease the risk of stroke by 34%, of ischaemic heart disease by 21%, and...
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| Reserpine | |||
| Methyldopa | |||
| Moxonidine | |||
| Guanfacine | |||
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| x Opioid receptor |
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Naltrexone |
Opioid receptors are a group of G-protein coupled receptors with opioids as ligands. The endogenous opioids are dynorphins, enkephalins, endorphins, endomorphins and nociceptin. The opioid receptors are ~40% identical to somatostatin receptors ...
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| x Vaccine |
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Polio vaccine |
A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe. The agent...
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| x Non-Nuccleoside Reverse Transcriptase inhibitor NNRTI | UK-453,061 | ||
| x Antineoplastic Agent | Sipuleucel-T |
A substance that inhibits the maturation, growth or spread of tumor cells.
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| x Monoclonal Antibody |
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Nimotuzumab |
Monoclonal antibodies (mAb or moAb) are monospecific antibodies that are identical because they are produced by one type of immune cell that are all clones of a single parent cell. Given almost any substance, it is possible to create monoclonal...
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| x Opioid |
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Methadone hydrochloride |
An opioid is a chemical that works by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. The receptors in these two organ systems mediate both the beneficial effects and the side...
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| x Ampakine |
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LY-503,430 |
Ampakines are a new class of compounds known to enhance attention span and alertness, and facilitate learning and memory. The ampakines take their name from the glutamatergic AMPA receptor with which they strongly interact. The AMPA receptor, in...
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| CX-717 | |||
| CX-614 | |||
| CX-546 | |||
| CX-516 | |||
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| x Macrolide Antibiotic | Roxithromycin |
A group of antibiotics containing a macrocyclic lactone ring linked glycosidically to one or more sugar moieties. These antibiotics are produced by certain species of Streptomyces. They often inhibit protein synthesis by binding to the 50S subunits...
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