Medication and Pharmacology Terms

A monoclonal antibody used to treat psoriasis (a chronic skin disease).

A manufactured copy of an enzyme humans lost during evolution, given to strip uric acid out of the blood within hours.

A reagent is a substance used in a laboratory reaction to detect, measure, or produce another substance, forming the basis of many diagnostic tests.

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

A drug used to increase the number of blood cells, especially platelets, in some cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

A drug used to treat some types of cancer.

A drug used to treat some infections caused by viruses and several types of cancer.

A drug used to treat high blood levels of uric acid in patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and other types of cancer who are receiving certain types of cancer treatment.

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of skin rash and skin pain in cancer patients.

Blocking dopamine explains both what this drug does for nausea and the movement problems that limit how long it is given.

A drug used to prevent and to treat influenza virus infections.

Relistor is a medication that relieves opioid induced constipation by blocking opioid effects in the gut without reducing pain relief.

Drowsiness and a bigger appetite come from strong histamine blockade, side effects that are sometimes the reason it is chosen.

The same molecule sold under another name for spots, put into a richer cream and aimed at sun-damaged skin instead.

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

A drug that is being studied in the prevention of cancer.

A tablet that leaves opioid receptors occupied but unstimulated, taking the reward out of both opioids and alcohol.

A chemical relative of thalidomide, redeveloped for cancer and now a mainstay of treatment for multiple myeloma.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

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