DRUGS ACTING DIRECTLY ON CELLS (CYTOTOXIC DRUGS) 1. Alkylating Agents a. Nitrogen mustards Melphalan Mechlorethamine (Mustine HCl) Cyclophosphamide Ifosfamide Chlorambucil b. Ethylenimine Thio-TEPA c. Alkyl sulfonate Busulfan d. Nitrosoureas Carmustine Lomustine e. Triazine Dacarbazine Temozolomide f. Methyl hydrazine Procarbazine 2. Antimetabolites a. Folate antagonist Methotrexate b. Purine Antagonist 6-Mercaptopurine 6-Thioguanine Azathioprine Fludarabine c. […]
ANTHELMINTICS
1. For Roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) Mebendazole Albendazole Pyrantel Piperazine Levamisole Ivermectin 2. For Hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale, Necatoramericanus) Mebendazole Albendazole Pyrantel Levamisole 3. For Threadworm (Enterobius vermicularis) Pyrantel Mebendazole Albendazole Piperazine 4. For Strongyloides stercoralis Ivermectin Albendazole 5. For Whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) Mebendazole Albendazole 6. For Trichinella spiralis Albendazole Mebendazole 7. For […]
DRUGS FOR LEISHMANIASIS
1. Antimonials: Sodium stibogluconate Meglumine antimonite 2. Diamidine: Pentamidine 3. Antifungal drugs: Amphotericin B Ketoconazole 4. Others: Miltefosine Paromomycin Allopurinol
DRUGS FOR TRICHOMONIASIS
1. Drugs used orally Metronidazole Tinidazole Secnidazole Nimorazole 2. Drugs used intravaginally Diiodohydroxyquin Quiniodochlor Clotrimazole Metronidazole Hamycin Natamycin Povidone-iodine
HISTORY OF PHARMACOLOGY
Pharmacology is one of the milestones of the drug discovery process. ◆ One of the most famous surviving remnants is “Ebers papyrus”, a scroll, some 60 feet long and a foot wide, dating back to the sixteenth century before Christ. ◆ In china, many medicinal plants had been in use since 5000 B.C. […]
ADRENERGIC DRUGS
ADRENERGIC DRUGS (Sympathomimetics) Adrenergic drugs are the drugs that stimulate certain nerves in your body by mimicking the action of the neurotransmitters, Adrenaline and Noradrenaline or by stimulating their release. They stimulate adrenergic receptors and produce actions similar to that of Adrenaline. 1. CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION a. CATECHOLAMINES Noradrenaline Adrenaline Dopamine Synthetic Isoprenaline Dobutamine Dopexamine Dipivefrine […]