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Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid; the largest consumer route is energy drinks)
Nutritional or plant productDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Taken in energy drinks and pre-workout formulas, and increasingly for anti-ageing
Tiotropium (Spiriva Respimat / Spiriva HandiHaler / Spiriva)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A once-daily inhaler that blocks the nerve signal telling the airway to tighten
Tirzepatide (Mounjaro / Zepbound)
Peptide medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and obesity-related sleep apnoea
Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
Antibody medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Breast and stomach cancers driven by an over-copied growth receptor
Ustekinumab (Stelara)
Antibody medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease
Zinc (Sold as zinc gluconate, acetate, picolinate, citrate or oxide; the prescription zinc acetate product for Wilson disease is Galzin)
Nutritional or plant productDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Taken at the first sign of a cold, and daily for immune support
Aflibercept (Eylea)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Leaking abnormal blood vessels at the back of the eye, in macular degeneration and in diabetes
Alosetron (Lotronex)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A tablet for severe diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in women, prescribed only under a special programme
Azithromycin (Zithromax / Z-Pak)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Chest, throat, skin and sexually transmitted bacterial infections, and mass treatment for trachoma
Bisoprolol (Zebeta)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High blood pressure — and, in most of the world, a weakened heart
Carvedilol (Coreg)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A weakened, failing heart, and the months after a heart attack
Colchicine (Colcrys / Mitigare / Lodoco)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Gout attacks, familial Mediterranean fever, and — for one specific product — reducing heart attack and stroke risk in established artery disease
Ezetimibe (Zetia (Ezetrol outside the United States))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High cholesterol, usually alongside a statin
Fluoxetine (Prozac / Prozac Weekly / Sarafem / Selfemra)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia and panic attacks
Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide, and dozens of fixed combinations)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High blood pressure, and fluid retention
Lansoprazole (Prevacid / Prevacid SoluTab / Prevacid 24HR)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Stomach and duodenal ulcers, reflux that has damaged the gullet, and prevention of ulcers caused by anti-inflammatory painkillers
Lovastatin (Mevacor / Altoprev)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High cholesterol, and the prevention of a first heart attack in people with average cholesterol and low HDL
Methylene blue (ProvayBlue (injection); methylthioninium chloride. The Alzheimer derivative is hydromethylthionine mesylate, formerly TRx0237 and LMTM)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An antidote for a blood disorder, taken off-label in tiny doses as a nootropic
Oxandrolone (Oxandrin)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Weight gain after severe illness, injury or burns — approved, and no longer marketed in the United States
Retatrutide (LY3437943 (no trade name; not approved))
Peptide medicineIn Phase 3 testingDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Obesity and type 2 diabetes, still in trials
5-MeO-DMT (5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine) (GH001, a vaporised synthetic formulation in clinical development; the INN assigned to the molecule is mebufotenin)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing approved. A synthetic inhaled version is in trials for depression that has not responded to other drugs; the substance itself is Schedule I
Bromantane (Ladasten; also written bromantan and, in the doping literature, bromontan)
Small chemical medicineDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A Russian anti-fatigue drug that became a doping case before most people had heard of it
Cefdinir (Omnicef)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Ear infections in children, and chest, sinus, throat and skin infections
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl / Allergy Relief / Nighttime Sleep Aid)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Allergic reactions, itching and hives, motion sickness, and trouble falling asleep
Ergocalciferol (Drisdol / Deltalin / Vitamin D2)
Nutritional or plant productApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Rare inherited or surgical disorders of calcium and phosphate, and, at lower strengths, correcting vitamin D deficiency
Fluconazole (Diflucan)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Thrush and other yeast infections, and fungal meningitis in people with advanced HIV
Ibogaine (No marketed product. Historically sold in France as Lambarène, a Tabernanthe extract tonic, until 1966)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing approved. People travel to clinics outside the United States to take it for opioid withdrawal, and the published observational studies of those clinics are the entire clinical evidence base
Isosorbide Mononitrate (Imdur / Monoket / Ismo)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Chest pain from narrowed heart arteries, prevented rather than stopped
JWH-018 and the Synthetic Cannabinoid Class (K2 / Spice) (Sold as herbal incense under hundreds of brand names — Spice, K2, AK-47 24 Karat Gold, Scooby Snax — never under a chemical name)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing. These are laboratory research chemicals sprayed onto plant matter and sold as incense, and the compounds in them change faster than the law can list them
Ligandrol (LGD-4033; developed as VK5211)
Small chemical medicineIn Phase 2 testingDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Muscle loss after hip fracture — investigational only, and development stopped
Mirabegron (Myrbetriq)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An overactive bladder — sudden urgency, going too often, and leaking — for people who cannot tolerate or do not want an anticholinergic drug
Nivolumab (Opdivo)
Antibody medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Advanced cancers, by restoring exhausted immune cells
Nusinersen (Spinraza)
Gene-silencing medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Oxycodone (OxyContin / Roxicodone / Xtampza ER / RoxyBond / Oxaydo)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Pain severe enough to need an opioid, when other treatments have not worked
Psilocin (4-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine) (No product. It is the active metabolite of psilocybin, which is the compound formulated in every clinical trial)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing. It is the molecule that psilocybin turns into in the body, and it is the one that does the work — every psilocybin trial result on this site is really a psilocin result
Ranolazine (Ranexa / Aspruzyo Sprinkle)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Chest pain that keeps happening despite the usual drugs
Andexanet Alfa (Andexxa)
Protein medicineFDA accelerated approval (based on an earlier result expected to predict benefit; follow-up evidence may be required)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Switching off apixaban or rivaroxaban when someone on one of them has a bleed that will not stop
Bevacizumab (Avastin)
Antibody medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Several advanced cancers, by cutting off the blood supply a tumour builds for itself
Bivalirudin (Angiomax)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Preventing clots during a procedure to open a blocked heart artery
Boldenone (Equipoise, Boldebal, Ganabol; sold as boldenone undecylenate ("EQ"))
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
A horse steroid used by people — no human approval anywhere
Cefepime (Maxipime)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Serious hospital infections, including pneumonia and fever in patients whose white cell count has collapsed
Celecoxib (Celebrex, Elyxyb)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Arthritis pain and inflammation, with less stomach damage
Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinone (oxidised) and ubiquinol (reduced); also sold as ubidecarenone)
Nutritional or plant productDietary supplement; not FDA-approved as a medicineDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Taken for heart health and energy, and especially by people on statins for muscle aches
Cyclosporine (Sandimmune / Neoral / Gengraf / Restasis / Cequa / Verkazia)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Preventing rejection of a transplanted organ, severe rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, and chronic dry eye
DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine) (No marketed product. The principal psychoactive constituent of ayahuasca; SPL026 and similar synthetic DMT fumarate formulations are in clinical trials)
Small chemical medicineControlled substance; no approved US useDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Nothing approved. A single randomised trial of ayahuasca in 29 people with depression that had not responded to other treatments
Duloxetine (Cymbalta / Drizalma Sprinkle / Yentreve (European Union, stress urinary incontinence))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Depression, generalised anxiety, nerve pain from diabetes, fibromyalgia and long-term back or joint pain
Dutasteride (Avodart)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An enlarged prostate, where the aim is to shrink the gland rather than relax it
Eteplirsen (Exondys 51)
Gene-silencing medicineFDA accelerated approval (based on an earlier result expected to predict benefit; follow-up evidence may be required)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (exon 51 skipping)
Famotidine (Pepcid / Pepcid AC)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Heartburn and acid indigestion, and healing of stomach and duodenal ulcers
Filgrastim (Neupogen)
Protein medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Rebuilding infection-fighting white cells knocked down by chemotherapy
Finasteride (Proscar)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An enlarged prostate causing a weak stream and frequent urination, where the aim is to shrink the gland rather than relax it
Follistatin-344 (FS344; delivered in trials as AAV1.CMV.huFollistatin344. Sold online as "Follistatin 344" lyophilised powder)
Protein medicineIn Phase 2 testingDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Blocks the brake on muscle growth — a gene therapy in trials, sold online as an injection
Leflunomide (Arava)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Active rheumatoid arthritis
Levothyroxine (Synthroid / Euthyrox / Levoxyl / Unithroid / Tirosint)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
An underactive thyroid gland
Linezolid (Zyvox)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Serious infections caused by resistant Gram-positive bacteria, including MRSA and vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Mesalamine (Rowasa / Canasa / Asacol / Pentasa / Lialda / Apriso)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Ulcerative colitis — inflammation and ulceration of the lining of the large bowel
Metoprolol (Lopressor (tartrate) / Toprol-XL (succinate))
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High blood pressure, chest pain, heart failure, and the period after a heart attack
Nandrolone Decanoate (Deca-Durabolin)
Small chemical medicineWithdrawn from the marketDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Anaemia of kidney failure — approved, and no longer marketed in the United States
Olpasiran (AMG 890 (investigational))
RNA-silencing medicineIn Phase 3 testingDetailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
High lipoprotein(a) — an inherited cardiovascular risk factor with no approved treatment
Paroxetine (Paxil / Paxil CR / Pexeva / Brisdelle)
Small chemical medicineApproved in the United States (FDA)Detailed record
Use listed on the medicine record
Depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic, social anxiety, generalised anxiety and post-traumatic stress; separately, at a much lower dose, menopausal hot flushes

Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid; the largest consumer route is energy drinks)

Tiotropium (Spiriva Respimat / Spiriva HandiHaler / Spiriva)

Tirzepatide (Mounjaro / Zepbound)

Trastuzumab (Herceptin)

Ustekinumab (Stelara)

Zinc (Sold as zinc gluconate, acetate, picolinate, citrate or oxide; the prescription zinc acetate product for Wilson disease is Galzin)

Aflibercept (Eylea)

Alosetron (Lotronex)

Azithromycin (Zithromax / Z-Pak)

Bisoprolol (Zebeta)

Carvedilol (Coreg)

Colchicine (Colcrys / Mitigare / Lodoco)

Ezetimibe (Zetia (Ezetrol outside the United States))

Fluoxetine (Prozac / Prozac Weekly / Sarafem / Selfemra)

Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide, and dozens of fixed combinations)

Lansoprazole (Prevacid / Prevacid SoluTab / Prevacid 24HR)

Lovastatin (Mevacor / Altoprev)

Methylene blue (ProvayBlue (injection); methylthioninium chloride. The Alzheimer derivative is hydromethylthionine mesylate, formerly TRx0237 and LMTM)

Oxandrolone (Oxandrin)

Retatrutide (LY3437943 (no trade name; not approved))

5-MeO-DMT (5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine) (GH001, a vaporised synthetic formulation in clinical development; the INN assigned to the molecule is mebufotenin)

Bromantane (Ladasten; also written bromantan and, in the doping literature, bromontan)

Cefdinir (Omnicef)

Diphenhydramine (Benadryl / Allergy Relief / Nighttime Sleep Aid)

Ergocalciferol (Drisdol / Deltalin / Vitamin D2)

Fluconazole (Diflucan)

Ibogaine (No marketed product. Historically sold in France as Lambarène, a Tabernanthe extract tonic, until 1966)

Isosorbide Mononitrate (Imdur / Monoket / Ismo)

JWH-018 and the Synthetic Cannabinoid Class (K2 / Spice) (Sold as herbal incense under hundreds of brand names — Spice, K2, AK-47 24 Karat Gold, Scooby Snax — never under a chemical name)

Ligandrol (LGD-4033; developed as VK5211)

Mirabegron (Myrbetriq)

Nivolumab (Opdivo)

Nusinersen (Spinraza)

Oxycodone (OxyContin / Roxicodone / Xtampza ER / RoxyBond / Oxaydo)

Psilocin (4-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine) (No product. It is the active metabolite of psilocybin, which is the compound formulated in every clinical trial)

Ranolazine (Ranexa / Aspruzyo Sprinkle)

Andexanet Alfa (Andexxa)

Bevacizumab (Avastin)

Bivalirudin (Angiomax)

Boldenone (Equipoise, Boldebal, Ganabol; sold as boldenone undecylenate ("EQ"))

Cefepime (Maxipime)

Celecoxib (Celebrex, Elyxyb)

Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinone (oxidised) and ubiquinol (reduced); also sold as ubidecarenone)

Cyclosporine (Sandimmune / Neoral / Gengraf / Restasis / Cequa / Verkazia)

DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine) (No marketed product. The principal psychoactive constituent of ayahuasca; SPL026 and similar synthetic DMT fumarate formulations are in clinical trials)

Duloxetine (Cymbalta / Drizalma Sprinkle / Yentreve (European Union, stress urinary incontinence))

Dutasteride (Avodart)

Eteplirsen (Exondys 51)

Famotidine (Pepcid / Pepcid AC)

Filgrastim (Neupogen)

Finasteride (Proscar)

Follistatin-344 (FS344; delivered in trials as AAV1.CMV.huFollistatin344. Sold online as "Follistatin 344" lyophilised powder)

Leflunomide (Arava)

Levothyroxine (Synthroid / Euthyrox / Levoxyl / Unithroid / Tirosint)

Linezolid (Zyvox)

Mesalamine (Rowasa / Canasa / Asacol / Pentasa / Lialda / Apriso)

Metoprolol (Lopressor (tartrate) / Toprol-XL (succinate))

Nandrolone Decanoate (Deca-Durabolin)

Olpasiran (AMG 890 (investigational))

Paroxetine (Paxil / Paxil CR / Pexeva / Brisdelle)