Medication and Pharmacology Terms

A pharmacy shelf name for famotidine at lower strength, sitting between antacids that work in minutes and drugs that shut acid down hard.

An allergy tablet kept in use largely for its side effects, from appetite gain to reversing a dangerous serotonin excess.

The tert-butylamine salt of perindopril, the ethyl ester of a non-sulfhydryl angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.

A semi-solid jelly refined from crude oil that seals water into skin without supplying any of its own.

A highly selective, orally bioavailabe small-molecule inhibitor of the HER family of tyrosine kinases with potential antineoplastic activity.

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

A drug that is used to treat impotence (inability to have an erection) and is being studied in the treatment of sexual problems in men who have had surgery for prostate cancer.

A process in which the liver uses one of two major enzyme pathways to change a toxic substance, such as an anticancer drug, into a less toxic substance that is easier for the body to excrete.

A process in which the liver uses one of two major enzyme pathways to change a toxic substance, such as an anticancer drug, into a less toxic substance that is easier for the body to excrete.

A substance being studied in the prevention of cancer.

One of the oldest seizure medicines still in regular use, kept for its long action and low cost rather than its comfort.

The three-ring chemical skeleton that gave psychiatry its first effective antipsychotics and medicine several reliable anti-sickness drugs.

The mesylate salt of a synthetic imidazoline with alpha-adrenergic antagonist activity.

A long-serving seizure medicine with an unforgiving dose response, where a small increase can push blood levels far higher than expected.

A chemical or drug that is attached to a lipid (fat) that contains phosphorus.

A drug used to treat infections with herpesviruses in people whose immune systems are weakened by AIDS.

A drug used in photodynamic therapy.

A drug used in photodynamic therapy.

A condition in which a person takes a drug over time, and unpleasant physical symptoms occur if the drug is suddenly stopped or taken in smaller doses.

A drug used to increase salivation in people who have dry mouth caused by opioids or radiation therapy.