Medication and Pharmacology Terms

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents.

A blood pressure tablet that works from inside the brain, quieting the nerve traffic that keeps vessels tight.

A substance being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, and other types of cancer.

A drug that is similar to thalidomide, and is used to treat multiple myeloma and certain types of anemia.

A drug used to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer).

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

Cefepime is a broad spectrum antibiotic from a later cephalosporin generation, given intravenously to treat serious infections including certain resistant bacteria.

Broad coverage is not complete coverage, and what ceftriaxone misses, including Pseudomonas and enterococci, matters as much as what it reaches.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

A drug being studied in the treatment of acute leukemias and some other types of cancer.

Cephalosporins are a large class of antibiotics related to penicillins, grouped into generations with differing ranges of bacterial coverage.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A laboratory test that measures the number of tumor cells that are killed by a cancer drug.

A drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy.

A drug used to treat cancer.

A drug used to help diagnose gastrinomas (tumors that cause too much gastric acid to be made) and other problems with the pancreas.

A substance being studied in the diagnosis and treatment of glioma (a type of brain cancer) and other types of cancer.

A drug that is being studied in the treatment of solid tumors.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.