Medication and Pharmacology Terms
Medicines, investigational drugs, drug classes, actions, and routes of administration. Browse definitions and meanings below.
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A drug used to cause a loss of feeling and awareness and to induce sleep in patients having surgery.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A drug being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A semisynthetic anticancer drug that is a type of antitumor antibiotic.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called enzyme inhibitors.
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A bacterial enzyme pressed into service as a drug, exploiting one thing leukemia cells cannot do that healthy cells can.
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A drug being studied in the treatment of young adults with bone cancer that has gotten worse or come back.
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A once-daily background insulin engineered to form a slow-release deposit under the skin instead of acting all at once.
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A drug used with another anticancer drug to treat breast cancer that is HER2 positive and has advanced or metastasized (spread to other parts of the body) after treatment with other drugs.
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A drug being studied in the treatment of cancer.
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A form of the anticancer drug paclitaxel that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.
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The same molecule rescues healthy tissue from one chemotherapy drug and sharpens the action of another, depending on which it is paired with.
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Leuprolide is a hormone-suppressing injectable used for advanced prostate cancer, early puberty, and certain gynecologic conditions, sold under names including Lupron.
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An old deworming drug now met far more often as a cocaine adulterant, capable of wiping out the white cells that fight infection.
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A drug used to treat actinic keratosis (a skin condition that may become cancer).
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A drug used to treat skin problems caused by cutaneous T-cell lymphoma that have not gotten better after other treatment.
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A drug that inhibits the secretion of sex hormones.
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An anticancer drug that promotes differentiation by increasing the levels of retinoic acid within the tumor.
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Liposomal describes a drug formulation enclosed within fat based particles, changing how the medication is absorbed, distributed, and tolerated.