A drug class is a group of medications and other compounds that share similar chemical structures, act through the same mechanism of action (i.e., binding...

methylphenidate, GHB, and GBL. Any class B drug that is prepared for injections becomes a class A substance. Class C includes benzodiazepines, xylazine...

Drug class may refer to: Drug class, a chemical or pharmacological classification of drugs Drug class may also refer to category of legal restriction:...

The profens are a class of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Profens are also known as 2-arylpropionic acids to reflect their chemical structure....

introduced to Colombia by upper-class young people from Medellín who brought it from Europe. In its early days, it was an elite drug, much more expensive than...

basis for chronic disorders. Pharmaceutical drugs are often classified into drug classes—groups of related drugs that have similar chemical structures, the...

Antiarrhythmic agents, also known as cardiac dysrhythmia medications, are a class of drugs that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms (tachycardias), such...

Utopioids (U-type opioids) are a class of synthetic opioid analgesic drugs first developed in the 1970s by the pharmaceutical company Upjohn. However...

prescribed more than one drug within the same drug class, and doctors may treat the side effects of prescribed drugs with even more drugs, which can overwhelm...

In pharmacology and pharmaceutics, a prototype drug is an individual drug that represents a drug class – group of medications having similar chemical...

A temporary class drug is a relatively new status for controlled drugs, which has been adopted in some jurisdictions, notably New Zealand and the United...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are members of a therapeutic drug class which reduces pain, decreases inflammation, decreases fever, and...

Drug nomenclature is the systematic naming of drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs. In the majority of circumstances, drugs have 3 types of names: chemical...

A first-in-class medication is a prototype drug that uses a "new and unique mechanism of action" to treat a particular medical condition. While the Food...

reuptake inhibitor or adrenergic reuptake inhibitor (ARI), is a type of drug that acts as a reuptake inhibitor for the neurotransmitters norepinephrine...

Substance misuse, also known as drug misuse or, in older vernacular, substance abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to...

Inc a Wolters Kluwer Company. The GPI defines Drug Group, Drug Class, Drug Subclass, Drug Base Name, Drug Name, Dose Form, and GPI Name in a codified manner...

A serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) is a type of drug which acts as a reuptake inhibitor of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT)...

of pain: For neuropathic pain, recent research has suggested that classes of drugs that are not normally considered analgesics, such as tricyclic antidepressants...

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sleep. Because these two functions frequently overlap, and because drugs in this class generally produce dose-dependent effects (ranging from anxiolysis...

A motivation-enhancing drug, also known as a pro-motivational drug, is a drug which increases motivation. Drugs enhancing motivation can be used in the...

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and as an agonist or antagonist of various other serotonin receptors. The drug has psychedelic-like, psychoplastogenic, antipsychotic-like, antidepressant-like...

Psychedelic Drugs In 2004, David E. Nichols wrote the following: Many different names have been proposed over the years for this drug class. The famous...

Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulators are a class of drugs that interact with S1P receptors, a family of G protein-coupled receptors involved in...

§ N05B Anxiolytics Anxiolytics Drug classes defined by psychological effects Drugs by psychological effects Psychoactive drugs "Antianxiety agent" at Dorland's...

pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy)...

system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of drugs that increase alertness. They are used for various purposes, such as...

a class of sulfur-containing organic molecules and a class of diuretics based on the chemical structure of benzothiadiazine. The thiazide drug class was...