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Status:
US Approved Rx (2021)
First approved in 1988

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Tiopronin is a prescription thiol drug used primarily in the treatment of severe homozygous cystinuria. Patients with cystinuria excrete high levels of cystine in their urine and are at risk for kidney stone formation. Tiopronin is used as a second-l...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1997)
First approved in 1978

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Butorphanol is a synthetic opioid agonist-antagonist analgesic with a pharmacological and therapeutic profile that has been well established since its launch as a parenteral formulation in 1978. The introduction of a transnasal formulation of butorph...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1994)
First approved in 1963

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Acetylcysteine (also known as N-acetylcysteine or N-acetyl-L-cysteine or NAC) is primarily used as a mucolytic agent and in the management of acetaminophen poisoning. Acetylcysteine likely protects the liver by maintaining or restoring the glutathion...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2015)
First approved in 1958

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Conditions:

Benzonatate is an antitussive that is FDA approved for the symptomatic relief of cough. It acts peripherally by anesthetizing the stretch receptors located in the respiratory passages, lungs, and pleura by dampening their activity and thereby reducin...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1993)
First approved in 1955

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Sorbitol is a polyhydric alcohol with about half the sweetness of sucrose. Sorbitol occurs naturally and is produced synthetically from glucose. It was formerly used as a diuretic and may still be used as a laxative and in irrigating solutions for so...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2018)
First approved in 1943

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Benzhydrocodone is a prodrug of hydrocodone. Benzhydrocodone is formed by covalently bonding hydrocodone to benzoic acid. Benzhydrocodone itself is not pharmacologically active, but must be metabolized to hydrocodone by enzymes in the intestinal trac...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First marketed in 1827

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Morphine is one of the most important and widely used opioid for the treatment of chronic and acute pain: the very wide interindividual variability in the patients’ response to the drug may have genetic derivations. Sulphate salt of morphine sold und...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First approved in 1961

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Guaifenesin is an expectorant the action of which promotes or facilitates the removal of secretions from the respiratory tract. The precise mechanism of action of guaifenesin is not known; however, it is thought to act as an expectorant by increasing...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First approved in 1960

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)

Conditions:

Chlophedianol (Clofedanol) is a centrally-acting cough suppressant, although the mechanism of action is not known. It is available in Canada under the trade name Ulone. It is not available in the United States. Chlophedianol (Clofedanol) suppresses t...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First approved in 1954

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Dextromethorphan is a non-narcotic morphine derivative widely used as an antitussive for almost 40 years. It has attracted attention due to its anticonvulsant and neuroprotective properties. It is a cough suppressant in many over-the-counter cold and...