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Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First approved in 2014

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Dehydroepiandrosterone (INTRAROSA™, prasterone) is a major C19 steroid produced from cholesterol by the adrenal cortex. It is also produced in small quantities in the testis and the ovary. Dehydroepiandrosterone (INTRAROSA, prasterone) is structurall...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2023)
First approved in 2008

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Icosapent is an important polyunsaturated fatty acid found in fish oils. It serves as the precursor for the prostaglandin-3 and thromboxane-3 families. A diet rich in eicosapentaenoic acid lowers serum lipid concentration, reduces incidence of cardio...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First approved in 1999

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Doxercalciferol is a synthetic vitamin D2 analog that undergoes metabolic activation in vivo to form 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2 (1α,25-(OH)2D2), a naturally occurring, biologically active form of vitamin D2. Doxercalciferol is indicated for the treatm...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First approved in 1998

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Paricalcitol (Zemplar) is a synthetic vitamin D(2) analogue that inhibits the secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) through binding to the vitamin D receptor. It is approved in the US and in most European nations for intravenous use in the preventio...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1998)
First approved in 1978

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Calcitriol is vitamin D3. Vitamin D is important for the absorption of calcium from the stomach and for the functioning of calcium in the body. Calcitriol is used to treat hyperparathyroidism (overactive parathyroid glands) and metabolic bone disease...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2001)
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is part of the vitamin B group. Riboflavin 5’-phosphate is the precursor of two coenzymes, flavin adenine dinucleotide and flavin mononucleotide, which catalyze oxidation/reduction reactions involved in a number of metabolic p...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2000)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (EPIMERIC)



Leucovorin is a compound similar to folic acid, which is a necessary vitamin. It has been around and in use for many decades. Leucovorin is a medication frequently used in combination with the chemotherapy drugs fluoruracil and methotrexate. Leucov...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2018)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Levoleucovorin is the pharmacologically active isomer of leucovorin or 5-formyl tetrahydrofolic acid, a folate analog . Levoleucovorin does not require reduction by the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase in order to participate in reactions utilizing fol...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2001)
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a water-soluble vitamin. It occurs as a white or slightly yellow crystal or powder with a slight acidic taste. Ascorbic acid is an electron donor, and this property accounts for all its known functions. As an electron don...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Pyridoxine is the 4-methanol form of vitamin B6 and is converted to pyridoxal 5-phosphate in the body. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is a water-soluble vitamin used in the prophylaxis and treatment of vitamin B6 deficiency and peripheral neuropathy in thos...