Tolterodine is a benzhydryl compound and a muscarinic receptor antagonist possessing both antimuscarinic and antispasmodic properties. Both tolterodine and its active metabolite, 5-hydroxymethyl tolterodine, competitively blocks muscarinic receptors, thereby inhibiting acetylcholine binding. This antagonistic action results in an increase in residual urine, reflecting an Read More …
Category: Drugs A-Z
Mirabegron; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Interactions
Mirabegron is an orally bioavailable agonist of the human beta-3 adrenergic receptor (ADRB3), with muscle relaxing, neuroprotective and potential antineoplastic activities. Upon oral administration, mirabegron binds to and activates ADRB3, which leads to smooth muscle relaxation. Mirabegron also restores sympathetic stimulation in mesenchymal stem cell Read More …
Ursodeoxycholic Acid; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Ursodeoxycholic acid is an epimer of chenodeoxycholic acid .Ursodiol is a synthetically-derived form of ursodiol, a bile acid produced by the liver and secreted and stored in the gallbladder. Also produced by the Chinese black bear liver, ursodiol has been used in the treatment Read More …
Tamsulosin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Tamsulosin is a selective antagonist at alpha-1A and alpha-1B-adrenoceptors in the prostate, prostatic capsule, prostatic urethra, and bladder neck. At least three discrete alpha1-adrenoceptor subtypes have been identified: alpha-1A, alpha-1B, and alpha-1D; their distribution differs between human organs and tissue. Approximately Read More …
Astaxanthin Suppliment; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects
Astaxanthin Supplement is a keto-carotenoid. It belongs to a larger class of chemical compounds known as terpenes (in Asthaxanthin’s case, a tetraterpenoid); terpenes are built from five-carbon precursors; isopentenyl diphosphate (or IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (or DMAPP). Astaxanthin is classified as a xanthophyll (originally derived from a word meaning Read More …
Anticancer Drugs – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Anticancer Drugs is an international medical journal, which aims to promote and encourage research on anti-cancer agents. It was first published in 1990 and it includes reports on clinical and experimental research results, from conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy to hormonal or biological Read More …
Hyaluronic Acid; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Hyaluronic Acid is a glucosaminoglycan consisting of the D-glucuronic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine disaccharide units that is a component of connective tissue, skin, vitreous humor, umbilical cord, synovial fluid and the capsule of certain microorganisms contributing to adhesion, elasticity, and viscosity of extracellular substances Hyaluronic acid Read More …
Melitracen; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Melitracen is a tricyclic antidepressant respectively, for the treatment of depression and anxiety. In addition to single drug preparations, it is also available as Deanxit, a combination product containing both melitracen and flupentixol Mechanism of action of Melitracen Flupentixol inhibits dopamine-mediated effects by blocking postsynaptic dopamine receptors in the CNS. Read More …
Flupentixol; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Flupentixol is an antipsychotic neuroleptic drug. It is a thioxanthene, and therefore closely related to the phenothiazines. Its primary use is as a long-acting injection given two or three weeks to people with schizophrenia who have a poor compliance with medication and Read More …
Propantheline Bromide; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Propantheline bromide is a muscarinic antagonist used as an antispasmodic, in rhinitis, in urinary incontinence, and in the treatment of ulcers. At high doses it has nicotinic effects resulting in neuromuscular blocking. Propantheline Bromide is the bromide salt form of propantheline, a Read More …
Mycophenolate Mofetil; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction
Mycophenolate Mofetil is the morpholinoethyl ester of mycophenolic acid (MPA) with potent immunosuppressive properties. Mycophenolate stops T-cell and B-cell proliferation through selective inhibition of the de novo pathway of purine biosynthesis. In vivo, the active metabolite, MPA, reversibly inhibits inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in the de novo Read More …
Cyclosporine; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Interactions
Cyclosporine is a calcineurin inhibitor and potent immunosuppressive agent used largely as a means of prophylaxis against cellular rejection after solid organ transplantation. Cyclosporine therapy can be associated with mild elevations in serum bilirubin and transient serum enzyme elevations, and to rare instances of clinically Read More …