Medication and Pharmacology Terms

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

A drug used to treat some types of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and severe skin conditions, such as psoriasis.

A drug being studied in the treatment of young adults with bone cancer that has gotten worse or come back.

A drug used to treat some types of cancer and some skin conditions that may become cancer.

A drug used to treat infections caused by fungi (a type of microorganism).

A substance being studied in the prevention of skin cancer.

The antidote that makes an acetaminophen overdose survivable, by refilling the liver's supply of a protective molecule the drug has burned through.

This medication thins mucus for easier clearance and serves as the standard antidote for dangerous acetaminophen overdose by replenishing a key liver antioxidant.

A substance that is being studied as an anticancer drug in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.

One of the few drugs that does nothing at all unless a particular poison is present, which is what makes it usable by bystanders.

Blocking rather than replacing sets it apart from methadone and buprenorphine, and it is why timing after withdrawal matters so much.

A drug used to treat breast cancer that has spread or that has come back within 6 months after chemotherapy.

The legal meaning and the medical one no longer match, and some drug laws classify cocaine as a narcotic though it is not an opioid.

A steroid aimed at one surface: the same molecule is sold as a cream and an inhaler, but under different names entirely.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the prevention of colorectal cancer.

A drug put on the skin to treat growths caused by sun exposure.

An antidepressant kept in limited use because of a rare but severe effect on the liver.

A type of drug used to treat symptoms of psychosis.

An alkaloid drug belonging to a class of anticancer agents called topoisomerase inhibitors.