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Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)

ARSTHINOL, an organoarsenical compound, is an antiprotozoal agent used for the treatment of mild or asymptomatic intestinal amebiasis. ARSTHINOL in complex with cyclodextrin displays an anticancer activity.
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1949

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Conditions:

Glycobiarsol was known under the brand name Milibis. Glycobiarsol is found to be very effective in intestinal infections. Milibis is an antiprotozoal agent that has been used in humans as well as in dogs.
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US
First approved in 2017

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Melarsomine (melarsomine dihydrochloride) is an organic arsenical chemotherapeutic agent and is a trypanocidal antiparasitic drug. As of 2016 DIROBAN, a generic melarsomine dihydrochloride product, is the only FDA-approved treatment for adult heartwo...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)

Melarsoprol is an organoarsenic compound that was used for the treatment of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) since 1949. Melarsoprol is used for the treatment of second-stage infection (involving the central nervous system). It is the only...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Acetarsone is a pentavalent arsenical compound with antiprotozoal and antihelmintic properties. It was first discovered in 1921 at Pasteur Institute by Ernest Fourneau, and sold under the brand name Stovarsol (fourneau is the French word for stove). ...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Difetarsone, an anthelmintic drug, was used in the treatment of Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) infestation.