Medication and Pharmacology Terms

Potency is both the point and the hazard, since a quantity that would suit morphine is far too much of this drug.

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

The original brand of terazosin, a tablet built up in stages because its early doses can drop blood pressure abruptly.

A drug used to treat certain types of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

An anticancer drug that stops tumor cells from growing by blocking the ability of cells to make DNA.

A drug that blocks the effects of estrogen.

A drug used to treat some infections caused by viruses and several types of cancer.

A substance being studied for its ability to prevent damage to normal tissue caused by radiation therapy.

A substance that is being studied as an anticancer drug.

A substance that is being studied as an anticancer drug.

Two letters on a chart that decide how quickly a drug reaches the blood: into muscle, not into a vein or under the skin.

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

A substance being studied in the treatment of breast cancer that has come back.

A substance being studied in the treatment of glioblastoma (a type of brain tumor) that has come back.

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

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

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

A drug that stimulates the immune system to respond to disease.

A substance used to help boost the immune response to a vaccine so that less vaccine is needed.

Loperamide, marketed as Imodium, slows intestinal movement to treat diarrhea by allowing more fluid to be absorbed from the stool.