Medical terms beginning with P

(Other name for: medroxyprogesterone)

(Other name for: promethazine hydrochloride)

Wakefulness is treated and the cause is not, which is why the drug sits alongside airway treatment rather than replacing it.

Proximal describes a body part positioned nearer to the trunk or point of attachment, the opposite of distal, and is used to describe anatomical location.

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of head and neck cancer.

Itching with no rash to explain it shifts attention away from the skin and toward the liver, kidneys, blood and thyroid.

A targeted prodrug consisting of a recombinant modified form of the Aeromonas protoxin proaerolysin (PA), bearing a prostate-specific protease cleavage site, with potential antineoplastic activity.

A drug used to treat multiple myeloma.

PSA is a protein measured in the blood that reflects prostate gland activity and can be elevated by cancer or noncancerous conditions.

A brief rise and then fall in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) that occurs in some patients 1-3 years after receiving radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

A rise in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation.

This blood test measures prostate specific antigen, a protein that can rise with prostate cancer but also with several noncancerous prostate conditions.

A measurement of how fast PSA levels in the blood increase over time.

A structure found in some benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer) tumor cells.

A substance that is being studied for its ability to prevent or overcome the resistance of tumor cells to some anticancer drugs.

A gradual buildup of thick, gelatinous mucus within the abdominal cavity characterizes this rare condition, most often traced to a ruptured appendix tumor.

The mushroom compound is a prodrug: what reaches the brain is psilocin, released once the body strips a phosphate group away.

An older spelling that persists in drug indexes and research listings, kept alive by cataloging rather than by any difference in chemistry.

A substance from plants that is sensitive to light (or can be activated by light).

Neither an infection nor catching, it runs in flares and quiet spells and can involve the nails and joints as well as the skin.