Medication and Pharmacology Terms

An investigational sulfonamide tested against cancer, sharing a chemical backbone with the sulfa antibiotics but none of their antibacterial action.

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

Most cholesterol in the blood is manufactured by the liver rather than eaten, which is why a drug aimed at the liver works.

Crisis intervention aims to reduce immediate risk during an acute emotional crisis rather than provide the ongoing care an underlying problem may need.

An anticancer drug that interferes with the DNA in cancer cells.

A form of the anticancer drug paclitaxel combined with a protein called poliglumex that may have fewer side effects and work better than paclitaxel.

A form of the anticancer drug camptothecin that may have fewer side effects and work better than camptothecin.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

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

A three-letter shorthand for cyclophosphamide, a drug that arrives inactive and has to be switched on by the liver.

In medicine, the total amount of a drug or radiation given to a patient over time; for example, the total dose of radiation given in a series of radiation treatments.

Three drug initials that have outlasted one of the drug names they stand for, and three letters that mean something else entirely elsewhere.

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

COX inhibitor.

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve pain and inflammation.

Its pain effect runs through descending spinal pathways, which is why it eases nerve pain in people who are not depressed.

This antihistamine relieves allergy symptoms and itching, and is also used off label to stimulate appetite and to counteract excess serotonin activity.

A form of the anticancer drug cytarabine that is contained inside very tiny, fat-like particles.

A group of enzymes involved in drug metabolism and found in high levels in the liver.

A synthetic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) antagonist that suppresses LH and sex steroid levels.