Medical Drugs Administered By Capsule; Oral

Forms (566)

  • 8-Mop

    Methoxsalen (marketed under the trade name Oxsoralen) is a drug used to treat psoriasis, eczema, and some cutaneous Lymphomas in conjunction with exposing the skin to sunlight. Methoxsalen modifies the way skin cells receive the UVA radiation, alleg...

  • A-poxide

    Chlordiazepoxide, is a sedative/hypnotic drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative and is marketed under the trade name Novapam, Librium and Tropium. It has a medium to long half life but its active metabolite has a very long half life. Chlordiazepo...

  • Accutane

    Isotretinoin (INN) is a medication used for the treatment of moderate to severe acne. It is sometimes used as a chemotherapy medication for prevention and treatment of certain skin cancers. In some cases, it is used to treat Harlequin type ichthyosi...

  • Acebutolol Hydrochloride

    Acebutolol (trade names Sectral, Prent) is a beta blocker for the treatment of hypertension and arrhythmias. Pharmacology Acebutolol is a cardioselective beta blocker with ISA (Intrinsic Sympathomimetic Activity, see article on Pindolol). It i...

  • Acetaminophen And Codeine Phosphate

    Acetaminophen is a widely-used analgesic and antipyretic medication. Derived from coal tar, it is the active metabolite of phenacetin, but unlike phenacetin, paracetamol has not been shown to be carcinogenic in any way. Paracetamol generally is well...

  • Acetaminophen And Hydrocodone Bitartrate

    Hydrocodone or dihydrocodeinone is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from two of the naturally-occurring opiates codeine and thebaine. Hydrocodone is an orally-active narcotic analgesic and antitussive. It is commonly available in tablet, capsule, and...

  • Acetaminophen, Aspirin, And Codeine Phosphate

    Codeine 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 probably the most commonly used drug overall according to numerous ...

  • Acetaminophen, Butalbital And Caffeine

    Butalbital, 5-allyl-5-isobutylbarbituric acid, is a barbiturate with an intermediate duration of action. It has the same chemical formula as talbutal but a different structure. Butalbital is often combined with other medications, such as paracetamol...

  • Acetaminophen, Butalbital, And Caffeine

    Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a psychoactive stimulant drug and a mild diuretic[3]. Caffeine was discovered by a German chemist, Friedrich Ferdinand Runge, in 1819. He coined the term "kaffein", a chemical co...

  • Acetaminophen, Butalbital, Caffeine, And Codeine Phosphate

    Butalbital, 5-allyl-5-isobutylbarbituric acid, is a barbiturate with an intermediate duration of action. It has the same chemical formula as talbutal but a different structure. Butalbital is often combined with other medications, such as paracetamol...

  • Acetaminophen, Caffeine, And Dihydrocodeine Bitartrate

    Dihydrocodeine, also called DHC, Drocode, Paracodeine and Parzone and by the brand names of Synalgos DC, Panlor DC, Panlor SS, Contugesic, SS Bron, Drocode, Paracodin, Codidol, Didor Continus, Dicogesic, Codhydrine, Dekacodin, DH-Codeine, Didrate, D...

  • Achromycin V

    The contents of this page have been copied to Talk:List_of_drugs. Please put comments there. I am in the process of creating a list of drugs and their various names. The list will be alphabetical and will use the following format (subject to chan...

  • Actigall

    Ursodiol, also known as ursodeoxycholic acid and the abbreviation UDCA, is one of the secondary bile acids, which are metabolic byproducts of intestinal bacteria. Primary bile acids are produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. When secr...

  • Acyclovir

    Aciclovir or acyclovir (USAN, former BAN), chemical name acycloguanosine, is a guanosine analogue antiviral drug, marketed under trade names such as Cyclovir, Herpex, Acivir, Zovirax and Zovir (GSK). One of the most commonly-used antiviral drugs, it...

  • Adalat

    Nifedipine (brand name Adalat, Nifedical, and Procardia) is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker. Its main uses are as an antianginal (especially in Prinzmetal's angina) and antihypertensive, although a large number of other uses have recently ...

  • Adipex-p

    Phentermine, a contraction for "phenyl-tertiary-butylamine", is an appetite suppressant of the amphetamine and phenethylamine class. It is approved as an appetite suppressant to help reduce weight in obese patients when used short-term and combin...

  • Advil Cold And Sinus

    Pseudoephedrine (commonly abbreviated as PSE) is a sympathomimetic amine commonly used as a decongestant. The salts pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and pseudoephedrine sulfate are found in many over-the-counter preparations either as single-ingredient...

  • Advil Liqui-gels

    Advil is a brand of ibuprofen, an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). Advil is manufactured by Madison NJ based Wyeth and has been on the market since 1984. Recent History 1969 - Introduced in the US When ibuprofen was introduced ...

  • Advil Migraine Liqui gels

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  • Advil Pm

    Advil PM Advil PM became available in 2006. It is a combination of 200 mg of ibuprofen and 38 mg of a sleep aid diphenhydramine [1] the same ingredient in Tylenol PM and Benadryl. Adverse Effects Allergy Ibuprofen may cause a severe allergic ...

  • Afaxin

    Retinol, the animal form of vitamin A, is a fat-soluble vitamin important in vision and bone growth. It belongs to the family of chemical compounds known as retinoids. It is also a diterpenoid. Retinol is ingested in a precursor form; animal sources...

  • Agenerase

    Amprenavir (Agenerase, GlaxoSmithKline) is a protease inhibitor used to treat HIV infection. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on April 15, 1999, for twice-a-day dosing instead of needing to be taken every eight hours. The convenie...

  • Agrylin

    Anagrelide (Agrylin/Xagrid, Shire) is a drug used for the treatment of essential thrombocytosis (ET; essential thrombocythemia). It also has been used in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. [1] Mechanism It works by inhibiting the matur...

  • Albamycin

    Aminocoumarin is a class of antibiotics which act by an inhibition of the DNA Gyrase enzyme involved in the cell division in bacteria. They are derived from Streptomyces species, whose most well-known representative Streptomyces coelicolor was compl...

  • Allay

    Remorse is an emotional expression of personal regret felt by a person after he or she has committed an act which they deem to be shameful, hurtful, or violent. Remorse is closely allied to guilt and self-directed resentment. When a person regrets a...

  • Allegra

    An antihistamine drug used in the treatment of hayfever and similar allergy symptoms. It was developed as a successor of and alternative to terfenadine (brand names include Triludan and Seldane), an antihistamine with potentially serious contraindic...

  • Alli

    Orlistat (marketed under the trade name Xenical by Roche; or over-the-counter as alli[2] by GlaxoSmithKline (pronounced /ˈælaɪ/, like the English word "ally")-also known as tetrahydrolipstatin-is a drug designed to treat obesity.[3] Its primary f...

  • Alphalin

    In physics, the Lyman-alpha line, sometimes written as Ly-α line, is a spectral line of hydrogen, or more generally of one-electron ions, in the Lyman series, emitted when the electron falls from the n = 2 orbital to the n = 1 orbital, where n is t...

  • Altace

    Ramipril (marketed as Tritace/Ramace or Altace) is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure. ACE inhibitors lower the production of angiotensin II, therefore relaxing arterial muscles ...

  • Amantadine Hydrochloride

    Amantadine is the organic compound known formally as 1-aminoadamantane. The molecule consists of adamantane backbone that is substituted at one of the four methyne positions with an amino group. This compound is sold under the name "Symmetrel," for ...