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Status:
US Approved Rx (1983)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Acetohydroxamic acid (also known as AHA or by the trade name Lithostat) is a synthetic drug derived from hydroxylamine and ethyl acetate, is similar in structure to urea. In the urine, it acts as an antagonist of the bacterial enzyme urease. Acetohyd...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2024)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Cyclosporins are cyclic polypeptide macrolides that were originally derived from the soil fungus Tolypocladium inflatum. Cyclosporine (also known as cyclosporine A) was discovered by Sandoz and developed for the tretment of immune disorders. The drug...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2000)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Ranitidine, a histamine H2-receptor antagonist, is now well established as a potent inhibitor of gastric acid secretion effective in the treatment and prophylaxis of gastrointestinal lesions aggravated by gastric acid secretion.
Status:
US Approved Rx (1998)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Etoposide (trade name Etopophos) is a semisynthetic derivative of podophyllotoxin that exhibits antitumor activity. It has been in clinical use for more than two decades and remains one of the most highly prescribed anticancer drugs in the world. The...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2025)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Conditions:

Bumetanide is indicated for the treatment of edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic and renal disease, including the nephrotic syndrome. It blocks the reabsorption of sodium and fluid from the kidney's tubules. The most frequent clin...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1996)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Indapamide is an antihypertensive and a diuretic. It contains both a polar sulfamoyl chlorobenzamide moiety and a lipid- soluble methylindoline moiety. Indapamide blocks the slow component of delayed rectifier potassium current (IKs) without altering...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1997)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Tioconazole is an antifungal medication of the imidazole class used to treat infections caused by a fungus or yeast. Tioconazole is a broad-spectrum imidazole antifungal agent that inhibits the growth of human pathogenic yeasts. Tioconazole exhibits ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2025)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)

Status:
US Approved Rx (1983)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Hemin (trade name Panhematin) is a protoporphyrin IX containing a ferric iron ion (heme B) with a chloride ligand, which is is indicated for the amelioration of recurrent attacks of acute intermittent porphyria temporally related to the menstrual cyc...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2003)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Cefuroxime is a semisynthetic, broad-spectrum, cephalosporin antibiotic. Cefuroxime is a bactericidal agent that acts by inhibition of bacterial cell wall synthesis. Cefuroxime has activity in the presence of some beta-lactamases, both penicillinases...