Medication and Pharmacology Terms

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

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

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

A drug that may protect healthy cells from chemotherapy and radiation without inhibiting the effects of these therapies on tumor cells.

Anything shifting salt and water balance shifts lithium with it, which is why dehydration and several everyday drugs push blood levels upward.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A drug used to treat high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.

Blocking the receptor rather than the enzyme is what spares this drug the persistent dry cough that its older cousins provoke.

Blocking the receptor rather than the enzyme that builds the hormone is what spares this drug class the dry cough of its predecessor.

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

An anticancer drug that kills cancer cells by affecting DNA synthesis.

An anticancer drug that reduces the risk of tumor cell growth and reproduction.

An eye drop that lowers pressure inside the eye by opening a secondary drainage route, with visible effects on lashes and iris.

A drug that inhibits the secretion of sex hormones.

Luvox is the brand name for fluvoxamine, an SSRI antidepressant primarily prescribed to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder.

A drug used alone or with another drug to treat certain types of non-small cell lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma.

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast, colon, lung, ovarian, and prostate.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of osteoporosis and breast cancer.