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Amisulpride (Barhemsys)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
In America, sickness after an operation. Everywhere else, schizophrenia.
Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium (Augmentin)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Bacterial infections of the ear, sinuses, chest, skin and urinary tract
Azelastine (Astelin / Astepro / Astepro Allergy)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Hay fever, and the non-allergic runny nose that weather, smells and temperature set off
Buspirone (BuSpar / Bucapsol — both discontinued as brands)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Anxiety
Cinacalcet (Sensipar)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Overactive parathyroid glands, mainly in people on dialysis, and high blood calcium caused by a parathyroid tumour
Digoxin (Lanoxin / Lanoxin Pediatric / Lanoxicaps)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Heart failure symptoms, and slowing a fast resting pulse in long-standing atrial fibrillation
Efavirenz (Sustiva; also in Atripla, Symfi and generic efavirenz-lamivudine-tenofovir)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
HIV-1 infection, as part of a combination regimen
Entecavir (Baraclude)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Long-standing hepatitis B infection of the liver
Ethosuximide (Zarontin)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Absence seizures, the brief blank spells of childhood absence epilepsy
Furosemide (Lasix)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Fluid overload from heart, liver or kidney disease
Grazoprevir (Zepatier)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Long-standing hepatitis C infection, genotype 1 or 4 only
Isotretinoin (Accutane, Roaccutane, Absorica, Claravis, Amnesteem, Myorisan)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A course of capsules for severe acne, available only through a registration programme because of birth defects
Levalbuterol (Xopenex / Xopenex HFA)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A tight chest and wheeze — the purified half of the blue inhaler
Mephedrone (4-Methylmethcathinone) (Sold openly in the United Kingdom in 2009 and 2010 as "plant food" and "bath salts", labelled not for human consumption. No approved product)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing. It was sold legally across the UK for about eighteen months, banned in 2010, and is now the best-studied of the synthetic cathinones
Oxymetazoline (Afrin (nasal spray) / Rhofade (1% cream) / Upneeq (0.1% eye drops))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A blocked nose; the fixed facial redness of rosacea; a drooping upper eyelid
Paliperidone (Invega)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder
Stanozolol (Winstrol)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Hereditary angioedema prevention and anaemia — approved in 1962, no longer sold
Vilanterol Trifenatate (Breo Ellipta / Anoro Ellipta / Trelegy Ellipta)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
The airway-relaxing half of a once-daily combination inhaler — never prescribed by itself
YK-11 (No trade name; sold under its laboratory code)
Small chemical medicineLaboratory or animal-stage researchDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
None — this compound has never been given to a human under protocol
Cisapride (Propulsid)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A tablet for night-time heartburn that made the stomach empty faster
Citalopram (Celexa)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Depression
Clioquinol (Entero-Vioform, Emaform, Mexaform; iodochlorhydroxyquin)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An oral anti-diarrhoea and amoebic dysentery drug, sold for decades including without prescription
Dexmedetomidine (Precedex; also marketed as dexmedetomidine hydrochloride in sodium chloride, and as Igalmi sublingual film)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Keeping someone calm and drowsy on a ventilator or during a procedure, without stopping them breathing
Doravirine (Pifeltro; with lamivudine and tenofovir disoproxil as Delstrigo)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
HIV-1 infection, as part of a combination regimen
Droperidol (Inapsine)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An injected drug used for severe nausea, agitation and migraine, carrying a heart-rhythm warning that its main users dispute
Emtricitabine (Emtriva)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
HIV-1 infection, as part of a combination regimen
Glecaprevir (Mavyret)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Long-standing hepatitis C infection, any of the six genotypes
Lacosamide (Vimpat / Motpoly XR)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Focal epilepsy, and added-on treatment for generalised tonic-clonic seizures
Rimonabant (Acomplia / Zimulti)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A weight-loss tablet that blocked the brain receptor cannabis acts on
S-23 (No trade name; sold under its laboratory code)
Small chemical medicineLaboratory or animal-stage researchDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Male contraception in rats — never tested in humans for anything
Spironolactone (Aldactone)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Heart failure, fluid retention from liver disease, and high blood pressure that has not responded to other drugs
Sulfamethoxazole / Trimethoprim (Bactrim / Bactrim DS / Septra / Gantanol / Urobak / Sulfatrim)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Urinary, ear, chest, gut and skin infections, and the pneumonia that people with weakened immune systems get
Tianeptine (Stablon, Coaxil, Tatinol — prescription antidepressant brands in Europe, Asia and Latin America. In the United States it is sold unapproved as a "nootropic" under names such as Zaza and Neptune's Fix)
Small chemical medicineDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A prescription antidepressant elsewhere in the world. In the United States it is sold over a counter as a nootropic, and it is a full agonist at the same receptor as morphine
Troglitazone (Rezulin / Romozin / Noscal)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A tablet for type 2 diabetes that made the body respond to insulin
Zonisamide (Zonegran / Zonisade)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Focal (partial-onset) epilepsy, added to other seizure medicines
Benzoyl Peroxide (PanOxyl / Benzoyl Peroxide Wash / Epsolay (microencapsulated, prescription))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Acne, and the bumps and spots of rosacea
Brinzolamide (Azopt)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High pressure inside the eye, treated with a drop that does not sting
Cabotegravir (Vocabria (oral) and Apretude (injectable for prevention); with rilpivirine as Cabenuva)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
HIV prevention, and HIV-1 treatment as maintenance therapy
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Psychosis and schizophrenia, and a long list of other uses including severe nausea, hiccups that will not stop, and agitation
Clindamycin (Cleocin / Cleocin T (topical) / Clindagel / Clindamycin Phosphate lotion, gel, foam and solution / Cabtreo (with adapalene and benzoyl peroxide))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Acne, when applied to the skin; serious bacterial infection when taken by mouth or by drip
Elbasvir (Zepatier)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Long-standing hepatitis C infection, genotype 1 or 4 only
Fexofenadine (Allegra / Allegra Allergy)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Hay fever and long-running hives
Lurasidone (Latuda)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Schizophrenia, and the depressed phase of bipolar disorder
Noopept (Omberacetam; development code GVS-111)
Small chemical medicineDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A Russian nootropic, sold in the West as a supplement, at doses often four times the pharmacological one
Salmeterol (Serevent / Serevent Diskus)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A twice-daily inhaler that keeps the muscle around the airway relaxed for about twelve hours
Salvinorin A (Salvia divinorum) (No product. Sold as dried leaf and as "fortified" leaf extracts of stated multiples)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing. It is a research tool that became a recreational drug, and in the United States its legal status depends entirely on which state you are standing in
Telbivudine (Tyzeka (Sebivo outside the United States))
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Long-standing hepatitis B infection — a drug that is no longer marketed in the United States
Vancomycin (Vancocin)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Serious infections caused by MRSA and other resistant Gram-positive bacteria, and, taken by mouth, severe antibiotic-associated bowel infection
Dapagliflozin (Farxiga (Forxiga outside the United States))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and type 2 diabetes with heart or kidney risk
Darunavir (Prezista; with cobicistat as Prezcobix, and in Symtuza)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
HIV-1 infection, as part of a combination regimen
Dorzolamide (Trusopt)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High pressure inside the eye, treated by slowing the chemistry that drives fluid production
Fondaparinux (Arixtra)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Preventing and treating blood clots in the legs and lungs, given as a once-daily injection
Guaifenesin (Mucinex / Mucus Relief)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A chesty cough with mucus you are trying to clear
Hydrocodone (Zohydro ER / Hysingla ER / Vantrela ER; also Vicodin, Norco and Lortab in combination with paracetamol)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Pain severe enough to need an opioid, most often as a combination tablet with paracetamol
Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Schizophrenia, and the manic and mixed phases of bipolar disorder
Pregabalin (Lyrica)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nerve pain, fibromyalgia and add-on treatment for some seizures
Risedronate (Actonel / Atelvia)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Thinning, fragile bones that break more easily than they should
Risperidone (Risperdal)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and severe irritability, aggression or self-injury in children with autism
Silodosin (Rapaflo)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A weak, slow or hesitant stream and getting up at night, caused by an enlarged prostate
Solifenacin (Vesicare)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A bladder that squeezes without asking — sudden urgency, going far too often, and leaking before you get there

Amisulpride (Barhemsys)

Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium (Augmentin)

Azelastine (Astelin / Astepro / Astepro Allergy)

Buspirone (BuSpar / Bucapsol — both discontinued as brands)

Cinacalcet (Sensipar)

Digoxin (Lanoxin / Lanoxin Pediatric / Lanoxicaps)

Efavirenz (Sustiva; also in Atripla, Symfi and generic efavirenz-lamivudine-tenofovir)

Entecavir (Baraclude)

Ethosuximide (Zarontin)

Furosemide (Lasix)

Grazoprevir (Zepatier)

Isotretinoin (Accutane, Roaccutane, Absorica, Claravis, Amnesteem, Myorisan)

Levalbuterol (Xopenex / Xopenex HFA)

Mephedrone (4-Methylmethcathinone) (Sold openly in the United Kingdom in 2009 and 2010 as "plant food" and "bath salts", labelled not for human consumption. No approved product)

Oxymetazoline (Afrin (nasal spray) / Rhofade (1% cream) / Upneeq (0.1% eye drops))

Paliperidone (Invega)

Stanozolol (Winstrol)

Vilanterol Trifenatate (Breo Ellipta / Anoro Ellipta / Trelegy Ellipta)

YK-11 (No trade name; sold under its laboratory code)

Cisapride (Propulsid)

Citalopram (Celexa)

Clioquinol (Entero-Vioform, Emaform, Mexaform; iodochlorhydroxyquin)

Dexmedetomidine (Precedex; also marketed as dexmedetomidine hydrochloride in sodium chloride, and as Igalmi sublingual film)

Doravirine (Pifeltro; with lamivudine and tenofovir disoproxil as Delstrigo)

Droperidol (Inapsine)

Emtricitabine (Emtriva)

Glecaprevir (Mavyret)

Lacosamide (Vimpat / Motpoly XR)

Rimonabant (Acomplia / Zimulti)

S-23 (No trade name; sold under its laboratory code)

Spironolactone (Aldactone)

Sulfamethoxazole / Trimethoprim (Bactrim / Bactrim DS / Septra / Gantanol / Urobak / Sulfatrim)

Tianeptine (Stablon, Coaxil, Tatinol — prescription antidepressant brands in Europe, Asia and Latin America. In the United States it is sold unapproved as a "nootropic" under names such as Zaza and Neptune's Fix)

Troglitazone (Rezulin / Romozin / Noscal)

Zonisamide (Zonegran / Zonisade)

Benzoyl Peroxide (PanOxyl / Benzoyl Peroxide Wash / Epsolay (microencapsulated, prescription))

Brinzolamide (Azopt)

Cabotegravir (Vocabria (oral) and Apretude (injectable for prevention); with rilpivirine as Cabenuva)

Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)

Clindamycin (Cleocin / Cleocin T (topical) / Clindagel / Clindamycin Phosphate lotion, gel, foam and solution / Cabtreo (with adapalene and benzoyl peroxide))

Elbasvir (Zepatier)

Fexofenadine (Allegra / Allegra Allergy)

Lurasidone (Latuda)

Noopept (Omberacetam; development code GVS-111)

Salmeterol (Serevent / Serevent Diskus)

Salvinorin A (Salvia divinorum) (No product. Sold as dried leaf and as "fortified" leaf extracts of stated multiples)

Telbivudine (Tyzeka (Sebivo outside the United States))

Vancomycin (Vancocin)

Dapagliflozin (Farxiga (Forxiga outside the United States))

Darunavir (Prezista; with cobicistat as Prezcobix, and in Symtuza)

Dorzolamide (Trusopt)

Fondaparinux (Arixtra)

Guaifenesin (Mucinex / Mucus Relief)

Hydrocodone (Zohydro ER / Hysingla ER / Vantrela ER; also Vicodin, Norco and Lortab in combination with paracetamol)

Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

Pregabalin (Lyrica)

Risedronate (Actonel / Atelvia)

Risperidone (Risperdal)

Silodosin (Rapaflo)

Solifenacin (Vesicare)