Medication and Pharmacology Terms

An anticancer drug that can cross the blood-brain barrier.

A drug that is not an opioid.

A medicine that can be bought without a prescription (doctor's order).

A drug that decreases fever, swelling, pain, and redness.

A drug that decreases the production of sex hormones (estrogen or testosterone) and slows the growth of tumors that need sex hormones to grow.

An antibiotic drug used to treat infection.

The same enzyme block that relieves pain also strips prostaglandin protection from the stomach lining and from blood flow through the kidney.

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat infections caused by fungi (a type of microorganism).

A drug that may improve the response of cancer cells to chemotherapy.

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

Redesigning a hormone that survives only minutes into one lasting hours is what turned somatostatin into a usable medicine.

Legal, common and often unavoidable: prescribing outside the approved wording is not the same as prescribing without evidence.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

The same drug at the same strength acts more strongly here than in a cream, because sealing the skin lets more of it through.

A drug used in cancer prevention.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A drug used to treat certain medical conditions.

A drug used to treat acute leukemia.

How soon a drug starts working, which is a separate question from how strongly it works or how long it lasts.

A type of study in which both the health providers and the patients are aware of the drug or treatment being given.