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A drug is a chemical substance that has a phyisological effect on an organism. Medicinal, herbal, and illegal drugs can be included in this type.
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| Aspirin |
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Medical Treatment | A01AD05 |
Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid , is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains, as an antipyretic to reduce fever, and as an anti-inflammatory medication. It also has an antiplatelet or "anti-clotting" effect...
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| Ampicillin |
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Medical Treatment | J01CA01 |
Ampicillin is a beta-lactam antibiotic that has been used extensively to treat bacterial infection since 1961. It is considered part of the aminopenicillin family and is roughly equivalent to amoxicillin in terms of spectrum and level of activity....
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| Amphetamine |
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Medical Treatment | N06BA01 |
Amphetamine, and related drugs such as methamphetamine are a group of drugs that act by increasing levels of norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine in the brain. It includes prescription CNS drugs commonly used to treat attention-deficit disorder ...
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| Amoxicillin |
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Medical Treatment | J01CA04 |
Amoxicillin (INN) or amoxycillin (BAN) is a moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, β-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infection caused by susceptible microorganism. It is usually the drug of choice within the class because it is better absorbed,...
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| Chloramphenicol |
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Medical Treatment | D06AX02 |
Chloramphenicol is a bacteriostatic antimicrobial originally derived from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae, isolated by David Gottlieb, and introduced into clinical practice in 1949.
It was the first antibiotic to be manufactured synthetically...
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| Ciprofloxacin |
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Medical Treatment | J01MA02 |
Ciprofloxacin is the generic international name for the synthetic antibiotic manufactured and sold by Bayer A.G. under the brand names Cipro, Ciproxin and Ciprobay (and other brand names in other markets, e.g. Veterinary medicine), belonging to a...
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| Carbamazepine |
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Medical Treatment | N03AF01 |
Carbamazepine ("CBZ") is an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizing drug used primarily in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. It is also used to treat ADD, ADHD, schizophrenia, Phantom limb syndrome, Paroxysmal extreme pain disorder, and...
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| Cocaine |
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Abused substance | N01BC01 |
Cocaine (benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is both a stimulant of the central nervous...
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| Codeine |
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Medical Treatment | R05DA04 |
Codeine (INN) or methylmorphine is an opiate used for its analgesic, antitussive and antidiarrheal properties. It is by far the most widely used opiate in the world and very likely most commonly used drug overall according to numerous reports over...
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| Dehydroepiandrosterone |
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Hormone | A14AA07 |
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a natural steroid prohormone produced from cholesterol by the adrenal gland, the gonad, adipose tissue, brain and in the skin (by an autocrine mechanism). DHEA is the precursor of androstenedione, which can undergo...
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| Erythromycin |
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Medical Treatment | J01FA01 |
Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that has an antimicrobial spectrum similar to or slightly wider than that of penicillin, and is often used for people that have an allergy to penicillins. For respiratory tract infections, it has better...
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| Epinephrine |
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Medical Treatment | A01AD01 |
Epinephrine (also referred to as adrenaline; see Terminology) is a hormone and neurotransmitter. It is a catecholamine, a sympathomimetic monoamine derived from the amino acid phenylalanine and tyrosine. The Latin roots ad-+renes and the Greek roots...
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| Flunitrazepam | Medical Treatment | N05CD03 |
Flunitrazepam is a highly potent hypnotic drug with powerful sedative, anxiolytic, amnestic, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. A short-intermediate acting benzodiazepine derivative, flunitrazepam is prescribed for the treatment of severe...
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| Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid |
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Chemical Compound | N01AX11 |
gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, 4-hydroxybutanoic acid, or GHB, is a naturally-occurring substance found in the central nervous system, wine, beef, small citrus fruits, and almost all animals in small amounts. It is also a neuroprotective therapeutic...
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| Heroin |
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Abused substance | N02AA09 |
Heroin (INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from morphine, a derivative of the opium poppy. It is the 3,6-diacetyl ester of morphine (hence diacetylmorphine). The white crystalline form is commonly the...
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| Hydrocodone |
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Medical Treatment | R05DA03 |
Hydrocodone or dihydrocodeinone is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from two of the naturally occurring opiate, codeine and thebaine. Hydrocodone is an orally active narcotic analgesic and antitussive. It is commonly available in tablet, capsule, and...
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| Ketamine |
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Ketamine is a drug for use in human and veterinary medicine developed by Parke-Davis (today a part of Pfizer) in 1962. Its hydrochloride salt is sold as Ketanest, Ketaset, and Ketalar. Pharmacologically, ketamine is classified as an NMDA receptor...
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| Ketoprofen |
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Ketoprofen, (RS)2-(3-benzoylphenyl)-propionic acid (chemical formula CHO)is one of the propionic acid class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and antipyretic effects. It acts by inhibiting the body's production of...
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| LSD |
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Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD, LSD-25, or acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family. Its unusual psychological effects, which include visuals of colored patterns behind the eyes, a sense of time distorting, crawling...
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| Morphine |
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Medical Treatment | N02AA01 |
Morphine (INN) is a highly potent opiate analgesic drug and is the principal active agent in opium and the prototypical opioid. It is also a natural endocrine product in humans and other animals. Like other opioids, e.g., diacetylmorphine (heroin),...
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| Modafinil | Medical Treatment | N06BA07 |
Modafinil (Provigil) is a stimulant-like drug manufactured by Cephalon, and is approved by the FDA for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and obstructive sleep apnea. Modafinil, like other stimulants, increases the release of...
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| Methadone |
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Medical Treatment | N02AC52 |
Methadone (Dolophine, Amidone, Methadose, Physeptone, Heptadon and many others) is a synthetic opioid, used medically as an analgesic, antitussive and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients on opioids. It was developed in Nazi Germany in...
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| Oxycodone |
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Abused substance | N02AA05 |
Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from thebaine. It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids with several benefits over the older traditional opiates and opioids; morphine, diacetylmorphine...
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| Quinine |
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Quinine is a natural white crystal alkaloid having antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling), and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. It is a stereoisomer of quinidine.
Quinine was the first effective...
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| Scopolamine | Medical Treatment | A04AD01 |
Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine and "Devils Breath", is a tropane alkaloid drug with muscarinic antagonist effects. It is obtained from plants of the family Solanaceae (nightshades), such as henbane or jimson weed (Datura species). It is among...
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| Sodium thiopental |
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Medical Treatment | N01AF03 |
Sodium thiopental, better known as Sodium Pentothal (a trademark of Abbott Laboratories), thiopental, thiopentone sodium, or trapanal, is a rapid-onset short-acting barbiturate general anaesthetic. It is an intravenous ultra-short-acting barbiturate...
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| Tetracycline |
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Medical Treatment | A01AB13 |
Tetracycline (INN) is a broad-spectrum polyketide antibiotic produced by the Streptomyces bacterium, indicated for use against many bacterial infections. It is commonly used to treat acne. It is sold under the brand names Sumycin, Terramycin,...
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| Testosterone |
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Hormone | G03BA03 |
Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. In mammals, testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females, although small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal gland. It is the principal male sex...
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| Theobromine |
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Theobromine, also known as xantheose, is a bitter alkaloid of the cacao plant, found in chocolate. It is in the methylxanthine class of chemical compounds, which also includes the similar compounds theophylline and caffeine. Despite its name, the...
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| Sildenafil |
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Sildenafil citrate, sold as Viagra, Revatio and under various other trade names, is a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction (male impotence) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It was developed and is being marketed by the pharmaceutical...
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