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Hydroxyzine (Atarax / Vistaril)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Itching from allergy or hives, anxiety, and sedation before an anaesthetic
Ibutamoren (MK-677, also written MK-0677; ibutamoren mesylate)
Small chemical medicineIn Phase 2 testingDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Age-related muscle loss and fracture recovery — investigational, and the programme ended
Indomethacin (Indocin, Tivorbex, Indocin IV)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Severe arthritis, gout attacks and inflamed shoulders
Lamivudine (Epivir for HIV-1 and Epivir-HBV for hepatitis B, at different strengths; also in Combivir, Epzicom, Triumeq and Dovato)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
HIV-1 infection and chronic hepatitis B
Latanoprost (Xalatan)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High pressure inside the eye, and the nerve damage it causes
Losartan (Cozaar)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High blood pressure, thickened heart muscle, and kidney damage from type 2 diabetes
Metronidazole (Flagyl / MetroGel)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Infections caused by parasites and by bacteria that grow without oxygen, including bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis
Mometasone (Asmanex Twisthaler / Asmanex HFA / Nasonex / Elocon / Sinuva)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A steroid that comes as an asthma inhaler, a hay-fever nasal spray, a skin cream and a sinus implant
Naproxen (Naprosyn, Anaprox, Aleve, Naprelan)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Pain, fever and inflammation, especially where it needs to last
Nitrous Oxide (Nitrous Oxide USP, approved as a prescription medical gas under several NDAs including NDA 205704 (2013). Entonox is the 50:50 nitrous oxide / oxygen mixture used for labour and procedural analgesia)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Used in operating theatres, dentistry and childbirth as a fast-on, fast-off anaesthetic and painkiller. The identical gas is sold in cream-charger cartridges with no restriction, and inhaling it repeatedly destroys vitamin B12
Nortriptyline (Pamelor / Aventyl — both discontinued as brands)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Depression — and, off-label, nerve pain, migraine prevention and helping people stop smoking
Olopatadine (Patanol / Pataday / Patanase)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Itchy, red, watering eyes from allergy
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Flu, if started within two days of the first symptom
Pantoprazole (Protonix / Protonix IV)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Reflux that has damaged the lining of the gullet, and rare conditions that make the stomach produce far too much acid
Phenibut (β-Phenyl-GABA) (Fenibut, Anvifen, Noofen — prescription products in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In the United States it is sold in supplements under names such as Fenibut and β-phenyl-GABA)
Small chemical medicineDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An anxiety and sleep drug on prescription in Russia and Latvia. In the United States it is a supplement-aisle product that produces coma in about one in sixteen reported exposures
Phentermine (Adipex-P; also the phentermine half of Qsymia)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A short-term prescription appetite suppressant
Pravastatin (Pravachol)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High cholesterol, and the prevention of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular death
Repaglinide (Prandin)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Type 2 diabetes — a fast, short-acting tablet taken with meals
Rosuvastatin (Crestor)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High cholesterol, and the risk of a heart attack or stroke
Stenabolic (SR9009) (Sold as Stenabolic; the compound is SR9009, with the close analogue SR9011)
Small chemical medicineLaboratory or animal-stage researchDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Sold as "exercise in a pill" — never tested in a human, and it does not need its own target
Tamoxifen (Nolvadex / Soltamox)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Breast cancer that grows on oestrogen — treating it, and reducing the chance of getting it
Tapentadol (Nucynta / Nucynta ER / Palexia)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Severe pain needing an opioid, including the nerve pain of diabetes, when other options are inadequate
Tramadol (Ultram, Ultram ER, Conzip, Qdolo, Ryzolt)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Moderate to severe pain, as an opioid
Tranexamic Acid (Cyklokapron / Lysteda)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Heavy bleeding — from injury, after childbirth, during surgery, during periods, or after a dental extraction in haemophilia
Tretinoin (topical) (Retin-A / Retin-A Micro / Renova / Atralin / Avita)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Acne, and fine facial lines from sun damage
Zileuton (Zyflo / Zyflo CR)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Long-term asthma control, for the small number of people who cannot use the alternatives
Albuterol (Ventolin HFA / ProAir HFA / Proventil HFA)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A sudden tight chest and wheeze — the blue rescue inhaler
Alendronate (Fosamax / Binosto)
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
Alfuzosin (Uroxatral)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A weak or hesitant stream, going often, and getting up at night, caused by an enlarged prostate
Aminocaproic Acid (Amicar)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Bleeding that will not stop because the body is dissolving its own clots too fast
Amlodipine / Valsartan (Exforge)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High blood pressure that one tablet has not brought down
Bimatoprost (Lumigan)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High pressure inside the eye — and, sold under a different name, thin eyelashes
Bupivacaine (Marcaine, Sensorcaine, Sensorcaine MPF; liposomal formulation marketed as Exparel)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Numbing an area of the body for hours rather than for an hour, for surgery, childbirth or a nerve block
Cangrelor (Kengreal)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Preventing clots during a stent procedure in someone who has not already taken a platelet tablet
Carbamazepine (Tegretol / Carbatrol / Equetro)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Focal and generalised epilepsy, trigeminal nerve pain, and mania in bipolar I disorder
Clenbuterol (Ventipulmin (veterinary, United States); Spiropent, Broncoterol and others abroad)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A horse asthma drug in the United States, taken by people for fat loss
Clobazam (Onfi / Sympazan)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Drop attacks and other seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, added to other seizure medicines
Daptomycin (Cubicin)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Serious skin infections and bloodstream infections caused by resistant Gram-positive bacteria — not lung infections, which it cannot treat
Delta-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol (No approved product. Sold as vape cartridges, gummies, tinctures and pre-rolls in petrol stations, smoke shops and online)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing approved. It is a legal-in-most-states intoxicant made by chemically converting CBD, and children under six accounted for 30.1% of the poison-centre cases
Doxycycline (Vibramycin / Oracea / Doryx)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Tick-borne and sexually transmitted infections, chest infections, acne, and malaria prevention
Fenfluramine (Fintepla (2020); formerly Pondimin, and half of "fen-phen")
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Seizures in two severe childhood epilepsies — the same molecule that was once a diet pill
Ipratropium (Atrovent / Atrovent HFA / Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A short-acting inhaler or nebuliser that blocks the nerve signal tightening the airway, and a nasal spray for a running nose
Loperamide (Imodium / Imodium A-D)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Diarrhoea — slowing the bowel down so stools become less frequent and more solid
Mescaline (No marketed product. The principal alkaloid of peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and San Pedro (Trichocereus / Echinopsis species))
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing. Mescaline is the only classic psychedelic in this group with no modern randomised trial at all
Methadone (Methadose / Dolophine / Methadone Hydrochloride Intensol)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Opioid dependence, as maintenance or detoxification treatment; and severe long-term pain
Nateglinide (Starlix)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Type 2 diabetes — the fastest and weakest of the meal-time tablets
PCP (Phencyclidine) (Sernyl — marketed by Parke-Davis as a human anaesthetic from the late 1950s and withdrawn from human use in the mid-1960s; Sernylan, the veterinary formulation, was withdrawn in 1978)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing. It was an anaesthetic that worked but left patients delirious for hours afterwards, and it became the drug that taught psychiatry what schizophrenia might be a disorder of
Phenylpiracetam (Phenotropil, Actitropil; also called fonturacetam and carphedon)
Small chemical medicineDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A Russian prescription nootropic sold in the West as a supplement, banned in sport since 1998
Phenylpropanolamine (Dexatrim, Acutrim (appetite suppressants); Triaminic, Dimetapp, Contac (decongestants))
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A decongestant and over-the-counter diet pill, sold without prescription for decades
Sitagliptin (Januvia)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Type 2 diabetes
Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine / Azulfidine EN-tabs / Salazopyrin)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis
Tenofovir Disoproxil (Viread; also the tenofovir component of Truvada and Atripla)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
HIV-1 infection, HIV prevention, and chronic hepatitis B
Terbinafine (Lamisil / Lamisil AT (topical, over the counter))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Fungal nail infection, athlete’s foot and ringworm
Testolone (RAD140; sold online as testolone)
Small chemical medicineLaboratory or animal-stage researchDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing, in humans. Its human evidence is one 20-person cancer dose-finding study
Thioridazine (Mellaril, Mellaril-S)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An older antipsychotic tablet, restricted and then effectively withdrawn over heart rhythm risk
Trenbolone (Approved in the United States only for cattle, as trenbolone acetate implants (Finaplix, and in combination products such as Revalor and Synovex Plus))
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
None in people. It is a cattle growth implant and a controlled substance
Valdecoxib (Bextra)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An arthritis and period-pain tablet designed to spare the stomach
Venlafaxine (Effexor / Effexor XR)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Depression; the extended-release form is also used for several anxiety disorders
Zoledronic Acid (Zometa / Reclast)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Fragile bones, and the bone damage caused by some cancers — two different products with the same active drug
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.

Hydroxyzine (Atarax / Vistaril)

Ibutamoren (MK-677, also written MK-0677; ibutamoren mesylate)

Indomethacin (Indocin, Tivorbex, Indocin IV)

Lamivudine (Epivir for HIV-1 and Epivir-HBV for hepatitis B, at different strengths; also in Combivir, Epzicom, Triumeq and Dovato)

Latanoprost (Xalatan)

Losartan (Cozaar)

Metronidazole (Flagyl / MetroGel)

Mometasone (Asmanex Twisthaler / Asmanex HFA / Nasonex / Elocon / Sinuva)

Naproxen (Naprosyn, Anaprox, Aleve, Naprelan)

Nitrous Oxide (Nitrous Oxide USP, approved as a prescription medical gas under several NDAs including NDA 205704 (2013). Entonox is the 50:50 nitrous oxide / oxygen mixture used for labour and procedural analgesia)

Nortriptyline (Pamelor / Aventyl — both discontinued as brands)

Olopatadine (Patanol / Pataday / Patanase)

Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)

Pantoprazole (Protonix / Protonix IV)

Phenibut (β-Phenyl-GABA) (Fenibut, Anvifen, Noofen — prescription products in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In the United States it is sold in supplements under names such as Fenibut and β-phenyl-GABA)

Phentermine (Adipex-P; also the phentermine half of Qsymia)

Pravastatin (Pravachol)

Repaglinide (Prandin)

Rosuvastatin (Crestor)

Stenabolic (SR9009) (Sold as Stenabolic; the compound is SR9009, with the close analogue SR9011)

Tamoxifen (Nolvadex / Soltamox)

Tapentadol (Nucynta / Nucynta ER / Palexia)

Tramadol (Ultram, Ultram ER, Conzip, Qdolo, Ryzolt)

Tranexamic Acid (Cyklokapron / Lysteda)

Tretinoin (topical) (Retin-A / Retin-A Micro / Renova / Atralin / Avita)

Zileuton (Zyflo / Zyflo CR)

Albuterol (Ventolin HFA / ProAir HFA / Proventil HFA)

Alendronate (Fosamax / Binosto)

Alfuzosin (Uroxatral)

Aminocaproic Acid (Amicar)

Amlodipine / Valsartan (Exforge)

Bimatoprost (Lumigan)

Bupivacaine (Marcaine, Sensorcaine, Sensorcaine MPF; liposomal formulation marketed as Exparel)

Cangrelor (Kengreal)

Carbamazepine (Tegretol / Carbatrol / Equetro)

Clenbuterol (Ventipulmin (veterinary, United States); Spiropent, Broncoterol and others abroad)

Clobazam (Onfi / Sympazan)

Daptomycin (Cubicin)

Delta-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol (No approved product. Sold as vape cartridges, gummies, tinctures and pre-rolls in petrol stations, smoke shops and online)

Doxycycline (Vibramycin / Oracea / Doryx)

Fenfluramine (Fintepla (2020); formerly Pondimin, and half of "fen-phen")

Ipratropium (Atrovent / Atrovent HFA / Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution)

Loperamide (Imodium / Imodium A-D)

Mescaline (No marketed product. The principal alkaloid of peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and San Pedro (Trichocereus / Echinopsis species))

Methadone (Methadose / Dolophine / Methadone Hydrochloride Intensol)

Nateglinide (Starlix)

PCP (Phencyclidine) (Sernyl — marketed by Parke-Davis as a human anaesthetic from the late 1950s and withdrawn from human use in the mid-1960s; Sernylan, the veterinary formulation, was withdrawn in 1978)

Phenylpiracetam (Phenotropil, Actitropil; also called fonturacetam and carphedon)

Phenylpropanolamine (Dexatrim, Acutrim (appetite suppressants); Triaminic, Dimetapp, Contac (decongestants))

Sitagliptin (Januvia)

Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine / Azulfidine EN-tabs / Salazopyrin)

Tenofovir Disoproxil (Viread; also the tenofovir component of Truvada and Atripla)

Terbinafine (Lamisil / Lamisil AT (topical, over the counter))

Testolone (RAD140; sold online as testolone)

Thioridazine (Mellaril, Mellaril-S)

Trenbolone (Approved in the United States only for cattle, as trenbolone acetate implants (Finaplix, and in combination products such as Revalor and Synovex Plus))

Valdecoxib (Bextra)

Venlafaxine (Effexor / Effexor XR)

Zoledronic Acid (Zometa / Reclast)

Amisulpride (Barhemsys)