Search results for "VATC|OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS" in comments (approximate match)
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Tafamidis meglumine (Vyndaqel®, Pfizer) is a novel, first-in-class drug for the treatment of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP), a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive sensory, motor and autonomic impairme...
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CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)
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Lofexidine is newly FDA approved in the United States under the brand name LUCEMYRA for the treatment of opioid withdrawal symptoms in adults. Lofexidine acts as an agonist to α2 adrenergic receptors. These receptors inhibit adenylyl cyclase activity...
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CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)
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Amifampridine (Firdapse), currently approved in the European Union, is the first and only approved drug for the symptomatic treatment of Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS) in adults, a rare autoimmune disease with the primary symptoms of muscle...
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CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)
Tetrabenazine (trade name Xenazine) is a monoamine depleter and used as the symptomatic treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease. Tetrabenazine is a reversible human vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitor (Ki = 100 nM). It ...
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CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)
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Varenicline is a partial nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist, designed to partially activate this system while displacing nicotine at its sites of action in the brain. Varenicline is an alpha-4 beta-2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor pa...
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Acamprosate was the third medication, after disulfiram and naltrexone, to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for postwithdrawal maintenance of alcohol abstinence. The French pharmaceutical company Laboratoires Meram began clinic...
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CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)
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Cevimeline is a cholinergic agonist, which binds to muscarinic receptors. Muscarinic agonists in sufficient dosage can increase secretion of exocrine glands, such as salivary and sweat glands and increase tone of the smooth muscle in the gastrointest...
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CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)
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Nalmefene is the first medication approved for alcoholism
with the primary goal of reducing alcohol intake in an as
needed approach. Nalmefene
received a marketing authorization valid throughout the
European Union on February 25, 2013 and is under de...
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CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)
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Riluzole, a member of the benzothiazole class, is indicated for the treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Its pharmacological properties include the following, some of which may be related to its effect: 1) an inhibitory effect on...
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CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)
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Naltrexone is marketed as its hydrochloride salt, naltrexone hydrochloride, under the trade names Revia and Depade. A once-monthly extended-release injectable formulation is marketed under the trade name Vivitrol. VIVITROL is indicated for the treatm...