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Status:
US Approved Rx (2018)
First approved in 1997

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Toremifene is an antineoplastic hormonal agent primarily used in the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Toremifene is a nonsteroidal agent that has demonstrated potent antiestrogenic properties in animal test systems. The antiestrogenic effects may...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2012)
First approved in 1995

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Cisatracurium is a cis-cis isomer of atracurium and five time as potent as atracurium. The drug is approved by FDA and marketed under the name Nimbex. It is indicated as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation, and to prov...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2019)
First approved in 1994

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Rocuronium (brand names Zemuron, Esmeron) is an aminosteroid non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker or muscle relaxant used in modern anesthesia to facilitate endotracheal intubation by providing skeletal muscle relaxation, most commonly required for...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First approved in 1981

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Vecuronium is a neuromuscular blocking agent. Vecuronium operates by competing for the cholinoceptors at the motor end plate thereby exerting its muscle-relaxing properties which are used adjunctively to general anesthesia. Vecuronium is a bisquatern...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1990)
First approved in 1972

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Pancuronium (trademarked as Pavulon) is an aminosteroid muscle relaxant with various medical uses. Pancuronium is a typical non-depolarizing curare-mimetic muscle relaxant. It competitively inhibits the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at the neuromu...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1993)
First approved in 1966

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Conditions:

Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter at neuromuscular junctions, at synapses in the ganglia of the visceral motor system, and at a variety of sites within the central nervous system. Whereas a great deal is known about the function of cholinergic tr...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2022)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Succinylcholine also known as suxamethonium is a quaternary skeletal muscle relaxant usually used in the form of its halogen salt. It is is indicated under brand name anectine as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation, a...
Status:
Other

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

C-curarine-III chloride (Methvin) is a short-acting selective sympathetic ganglioblocker with weak antagonist activity on the nicotinic receptor at the neuromuscular junction; hypotensive. In test animals the drug produces a well-marked and short-ter...
Status:
Other

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Conditions:

Thioimidodicarbonic diamide (Dithiobiuret) is an organosulfur compound used as a plasticizer, a rubber accelerator and as an intermediate in pesticide manufacturing. Chronic administration of dithiobiuret induces a neuromuscular syndrome of flaccid m...