Medication and Pharmacology Terms

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors.

A substance being studied in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.

One of the older SSRIs, distinguished within the class less by how well it works than by its effect on the heart's electrical timing.

A drug used to lessen the toxic effects of substances that block the action of folic acid, especially the anticancer drug methotrexate.

A drug used in the treatment of hypercalcemia (abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood) and cancer that has spread to the bone (bone metastases).

An old blood pressure drug also used for ADHD, tics, hot flashes and opioid withdrawal, all through the same calming action on nerve traffic.

A drug that turns the sympathetic nervous system down at its source in the brain, which is why its uses reach far beyond blood pressure.

The combination that first proved chemotherapy after surgery could stop breast cancer returning, now largely overtaken by newer schedules.

A drug used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria and protozoa.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

Treatment using more than one anticancer drug.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

Four initials from an older era of lymphoma treatment, built by swapping out the harshest drug in the regimen that came before.

Among the most effective rhythm drugs available and among the most toxic, because it lodges in the tissues for months.

A beta blocker that also relaxes blood vessels, used to steady a failing heart rather than simply to slow the pulse.

Two jobs sit under one name, calming inflammation and holding on to salt, and each drug leans toward one or the other.

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

A drug used to treat certain types of non-small cell lung cancer.

A drug used alone or with other drugs to treat colon cancer or rectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body or has come back after treatment with fluorouracil.