Medication and Pharmacology Terms

Alendronate sodium is a bisphosphonate drug that slows bone breakdown, used mainly to treat osteoporosis and certain other bone conditions.

The brand name for pemetrexed, a chemotherapy drug given alongside two vitamins that blunt its harshest effects.

A drug that is used to treat multiple myeloma and ovarian epithelial cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

The oldest family of chemotherapy drugs, acting by sticking chemical groups onto DNA so it can no longer be read.

Allegra is the brand name for fexofenadine, a second-generation antihistamine that relieves allergy symptoms with less drowsiness than older allergy medications.

Starting it can set off an attack, because a shifting uric acid level disturbs crystals already sitting in a joint.

An anti-sickness injection that holds onto its receptor far longer than the older drugs in the same class.

A drug class that occupies the receptors adrenaline uses to squeeze blood vessels and the muscle at the bladder outlet.

Named for the receptor it occupies, this drug group loosens smooth muscle so vessels widen and urine flows more easily.

Alprostadil, also known as prostaglandin E1, is used to treat erectile dysfunction and to keep a critical fetal blood vessel open in newborns.

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

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

A drug used to treat infections caused by the influenza A virus.

Short action is the design: it starts working quickly and clears before morning, which is also why it does little for staying asleep.

A drug used before autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma or multiple myeloma.

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

A drug that is used to treat certain skin conditions and is being studied in the treatment of cutaneous (skin-related) T-cell cancer and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A drug used to treat patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who do not get better with other forms of treatment.

A drug used as a chemoprotective drug to control some of the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.