RxReasoner comes up with an in-depth analysis of more than 40.000 prescription and over the counter pharmaceutical products for both consumers and healthcare professionals.
It offers insights of the ingredients’ chemical properties, therapeutic usage, and precautions such as potential interactions with other substances.
Select a letter from the index list.
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| Diethylstilbestrol |
Diethylstilbestrol is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen, that was widely used to prevent potential miscarriages by stimulating the synthsis of estrogen and progesterone in the placenta. It was also used for the treatment of symptoms arising during menopause and following ovariectomy and for senile vaginitis and vulvar dystrophy. Diethylstilbestrol was used as a postcoital emergency contraceptive (morning-after pill). It has also been used for the prevention of postpartum breast engorgement, for dysfuctional menstrual cycles and for the treatment of female hypogonadism. Diethylstilbestrol is now rarely used to treat prostate cancer and occacionally in postmenopausal women with breast cancer because of its side-effects. |
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| Ivermectin |
Ivermectin is a member of the avermectin class and has high affinity with glutamate-gated chloride channels present in invertebrate nerve and muscle cells. Its binding to these channels promotes an increase in membrane permeability to chloride ions, leading to hyperpolarization of the neural or muscle cell. This results in neuromuscular paralysis and may lead to the death of certain parasites. |
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| Ibuprofen |
Ibuprofen is a propionic acid derivative NSAID that has demonstrated its efficacy by inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis. In humans ibuprofen reduces inflammatory pain, swellings and fever. Furthermore, ibuprofen reversibly inhibits platelet aggregation. |
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| Doxycycline |
Doxycycline is primarily bacteriostatic and is believed to exert its antimicrobial effect by the inhibition of protein synthesis. |
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| Paracetamol |
Paracetamol is a medication used to treat pain and fever. It does appear to selectively inhibit COX activities in the brain, which may contribute to its ability to treat fever and pain. |
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| Rosuvastatin |
Rosuvastatin is a selective and competitive inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase. Rosuvastatin increases the number of hepatic LDL receptors on the cell-surface, enhancing uptake and catabolism of LDL and it inhibits the hepatic synthesis of VLDL, thereby reducing the total number of VLDL and LDL particles. |
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| Dexamethasone |
Dexamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid; it combines high anti-inflammatory effects with low mineralocorticoid activity. It has an approximately 7 times greater anti-inflammatory potency than prednisolone, another commonly prescribed corticosteroid. At high doses it reduces the immune response. |
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| Prednisolone |
Prednisolone is a glucocorticoid which has anti-inflammatory activity. Naturally occurring glucocorticoids (hydrocortisone and cortisone), which also have salt-retaining properties, are used as replacement therapy in adrenocortical deficiency states. Their synthetic analogs are primarily used for their potent anti-inflammatory effects in disorders of many organ systems. |
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| Omeprazole |
Omeprazole, a racemic mixture of two enantiomers reduces gastric acid secretion through a highly targeted mechanism of action. It is a specific inhibitor of the acid pump in the parietal cell. It is rapidly acting and provides control through reversible inhibition of gastric acid secretion with once daily dosing. |
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| Clotrimazole |
Clotrimazole acts against fungi by inhibiting ergosterol synthesis. Inhibition of ergosterol synthesis leads to structural and functional impairment of the fungal cytoplasmic membrane. Clotrimazole has a broad antimycotic spectrum of action in vitro and in vivo, which includes dermatophytes, yeasts, moulds, etc. |
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