Medication and Pharmacology Terms

DHEA is a steroid hormone made mainly by the adrenal glands that serves as a building block for testosterone and estrogen.

An anticancer drug that is a combination of a monoclonal antibody (RFB4) and an immunotoxin (dgA).

Known widely by the brand name Valium, diazepam acts long and leaves active breakdown products, so its effect outlasts the dose considerably.

The active ingredient in a drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.

A drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.

A drug used in the treatment of infections caused by viruses.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A garden flower that became a heart drug, still in use after two centuries, with a famously narrow margin for error.

Used in photodynamic therapy, a drug that is absorbed by tumor cells; when exposed to light, it becomes active and kills the cancer cells.

A long established seizure medicine whose blood level climbs unpredictably with dose, which is why it is measured rather than assumed.

DIM is a compound formed when the body breaks down indole-3-carbinol from cruciferous vegetables and is sold as a dietary supplement.

A substance being studied in the treatment of advanced melanoma (a type of skin cancer) and other types of cancer.

One drug with several jobs: the drowsiness that limits its daytime use for allergy is the same effect sold as a sleep aid.

A drug or substance used to treat hypercalcemia (abnormally high blood calcium) and bone pain caused by some types of cancer.

It changes nothing about wanting a drink, only what happens afterward, and that consequence is the entire mechanism.

Diuretics increase urine output by altering how the kidneys handle salt and water, commonly used for high blood pressure and fluid retention.

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

It preserves a messenger whose source the disease is steadily destroying, which is why the benefit is real but modest and temporary.

Refers to the effects of treatment with a drug.