Medication and Pharmacology Terms

Not one drug but a fixed blend of amphetamine salts, which is why its generic name is longer than its brand name.

Three fields use the same three letters, and only context separates a safety report from a chemotherapy schedule.

A substance being studied in the treatment of melanoma, liver cancer, and other types of cancer.

In cancer therapy, a drug or substance used in addition to the primary therapy.

Route, amount and timing all belong to administration, which is why the same drug can behave differently depending on how it reaches the body.

A substance used to detect certain types of tumors, including pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas.

A drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

A drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

An unexpected medical problem that happens during treatment with a drug or other therapy.

Two familiar painkillers are not interchangeable, since only one of them settles swelling and only one of them troubles the stomach.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

In medicine, to turn a liquid drug into a fine mist that can be inhaled.

Binding tightly and doing something once bound are separate abilities, and a blocker can excel at the first while deliberately lacking the second.

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

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of breast cancers caused by mutations (changes) in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

A drug or substance that binds to a receptor inside a cell or on its surface and causes the same action as the substance that normally binds to the receptor.

A drug used to treat some types of cancer.

A drug that is used to treat certain skin conditions and is being studied in the treatment of cutaneous (skin-related) T-cell cancer and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

An antibody that strips lymphocytes out of the blood, used to reset an immune system attacking the nervous system.