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- Abacavir [r]: A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) used to treat HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Acebutolol [r]: A cardioselective, beta-adrenergic antagonist medication for hypertension and other cardiovascular conditions. [e]
- Acetaminophen [r]: An analgesic antipyretic drug widely used for the treatment of headaches, fever and other minor aches and pains. [e]
- Acupuncture [r]: A form of alternative medicine that involves inserting and manipulating needles into 'acupuncture points' on the body with the aim of restoring health and well-being. [e]
- Acute radiation syndrome [r]: Disease or death caused by whole-body irradiation, over a short period of time, with a significant quantity of penetrating radiation [e]
- Acyclovir [r]: An antiviral, anti-metabolite drug, similar to guanine, that acts as a viral DNA chain terminator. [e]
- Adiposopathy [r]: The dysfunction of fat cells. [e]
- Aldosterone [r]: Major mineralocorticoid steroid hormone that controls electrolytes, blood pressure and hydration. [e]
- Alfuzosin [r]: A α1 receptor antagonist used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). [e]
- Amikacin [r]: A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from kanamycin. [e]
- Amoxicillin [r]: A beta-lactam based antibiotic drug similar to ampicillin but which has enhanced stability towards gastric juices. [e]
- Ampicillin [r]: A broad-spectrum antibiotic and a derivative of penicillin. [e]
- Amprenavir [r]: A protease inhibitor antiviral medication used to treat HIV infection. [e]
- Androstenedione [r]: An androgen steroids synthesized from 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a precursor of estrone, an estrogen steroid. [e]
- Ankylosing spondylitis [r]: Inflammatory joint disease affecting the spine that occurs predominantly in young males producing pain and stiffness. [e]
- Antibacterial [r]: Substance that destroys bacteria or suppresses their growth or reproduction. [e]
- Antibiotic [r]: Drugs that reduce the growth or reproduction of bacteria. [e]
- Aspirin [r]: Common analgesic used for treating mild to moderate pain; protective against blood clots and heart disease when administered indefinitely in low doses [e]
- Atazanavir [r]: An antiretroviral protease inhibitor used to treat HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Atenolol [r]: A cardioselective adrenergic beta-antagonist medication for hypertension and angina pectoris. [e]
- Atorvastatin [r]: Sold as Lipitor®, a type II statin used to treat high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia), [e]
- Azathioprine [r]: An immunosuppressive purine synthesis inhibitor for treating rheumatoid arthritis; formerly a chemotherapy drug. [e]
- Azlocillin [r]: An antibiotic, β-lactam drug used to treat infections. [e]
- Bioequivalence [r]: Two different drugs which have the same potency and bioavailability, assuming equal doses. [e]
- Bisoprolol [r]: Cardioselective beta-1-adrenergic blocker, used in the management of hypertension and angina pectoris. [e]
- Breast cancer [r]: Cancer of the glandular breast tissue. [e]
- Carbamazepine [r]: An anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy, seizures, neurogenic pain and some psychiatric disorders. [e]
- Carbenicillin [r]: A beta-lactam antibiotic and penicillin derivative used against infections of the urinary tract. [e]
- Cefacetrile [r]: A first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic medication used to treate bacterial infections. [e]
- Cefaclor [r]: A second generation cephalosporin antibiotic drug used to treat both Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic bacteria. [e]
- Cefadroxil [r]: Antibiotic for treating urinary tract infections, skin infections, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis. [e]
- Cefalexin [r]: One of the most widely used antibiotic medications; a first-generation cephalosporin. [e]
- Cefaloglycin [r]: A first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic medication no longer commonly used. [e]
- Cefalotin [r]: Cephalosporin antibiotic compound similar to cefaclor, cefadroxil and cefazolin. [e]
- Cefazolin [r]: Semisynthetic cephalosporin [[antibiotic] primarily used to treat bacterial skin infections. [e]
- Cefdinir [r]: A cephalosporin-based antibiotic medication used to treat bacterial infections. [e]
- Cefepime [r]: Fourth-generation cephalosporin antibiotic typically reserved for severe infections. [e]
- Cefmetazole [r]: A second-generation cephalosporin type of antibiotic medication used to treat bacterial infections. [e]
- Cefonicid [r]: A second-generation cephalosporin type of antibiotic medication used to treat bacterial infections. [e]
- Cefotetan [r]: A second generation cephalosporin class of antibiotic medication used to treat bacterial infections. [e]
- Cefoxitin [r]: Semi-synthetic, broad-spectrum cephalosporin type of antibiotic medication. [e]
- Cefpodoxime [r]: A third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic compound. [e]
- Cefprozil [r]: A second-generation cephalosporin type of antibiotic medication used to treat bacterial infections. [e]
- Cefradine [r]: A first-generation cephalosporin type of antibiotic medication used to treat bacterial infections. [e]
- Cefuroxime [r]: A beta-lactamase restistant, broad-spectrum antibiotic medication within the cephalosporin class of antibiotics. [e]
- Cefuzonam [r]: A second-generation cephalosporin type of antibiotic medication used to treat bacterial infections. [e]
- Cerivastatin [r]: A type II statin formerly used to treat high cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia). [e]
- Chloramphenicol [r]: One of the first broad-spectrum antibiotics discovered; exceptionally wide spectrum but carries risk of fatal aplastic anemia [e]
- Chlorthalidone [r]: A thiazide-like diuretic medication used to treat hypertension in humans. [e]
- Cidofovir [r]: A cytosine-based antiviral drug for treating herpes cytomegalovirus retinitis associated with HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Cinoxacin [r]: An antibiotic used to treat urinary tract infections caused by many aerobic, Gram-negative bacteria. [e]
- Ciprofloxacin [r]: Broad-spectrum antimicrobial carboxyfluoroquinoline that can be used to treat some drug-resistant pathogens. [e]
- Clofibrate [r]: Fibric acid derivative used to treat hyperlipoproteinemia type III and severe hypertriglyceridemia. [e]
- Clonidine [r]: An "alpha-2 adrenergic agonist that crosses the blood-brain barrier. [e]
- Clopidogrel [r]: A platelet aggregation inhibitor used to prevent cardiac events [e]
- Clotrimazole [r]: Clotrimazole is a broad-spectrum azole-based antifungal drug. [e]
- Cloxacillin [r]: A penicillin-like, beta-lactam antibiotic used to treat infections. [e]
- Cocaine [r]: A crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant, that is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant; it is also a local anesthetic primarily used in otolaryngology [e]
- Colchicine [r]: Poisonous, pale-yellow alkaloid obtained from the seed capsules, corms, and bulbs of the meadow saffron, used in plant breeding to induce chromosome doubling and in medicine to treat gout. [e]
- Colestipol [r]: A crosslinked basic anion exchange resin used to reduce cholesterol. It may also may reduce triglyceride levels. [e]
- Common cold [r]: Contagious viral upper respiratory tract infection. [e]
- Complementary and alternative medicine [r]: Set of therapies and treatments not considered mainstream or scientific. [e]
- Cortisol [r]: Naturally-occuring glucocorticoid hormone which reduces inflammation. [e]
- Cortisone [r]: A naturally occuring glucocorticoid steroid hormone which reduced inflammation. [e]
- Cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors [r]: Enzymes useful as pain and antiflammatory medications for cancer patients, with reduced side-effects of stomach ulcers and bleeding. [e]
- Cyclophosphamide [r]: A medication and immunosuppressive agent used to treat lymphoma and leukemia. [e]
- Cytarabine [r]: A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that inhibits DNA synthesis, used as an antineoplastic agent, antiviral and immunosuppressant. [e]
- Dactinomycin [r]: An antibiotic (and RNA polymerase inhibitor) seldom used against bacterial infections but used against some cancers. [e]
- Delavirdine [r]: An antiviral drug and reverse transcriptase inhibitor (nNRTI) specific for HIV-1. [e]
- Diabetes mellitus type 2 [r]: Medical condition characterised by glucose intolerance and hyperglycemia [e]
- Diclofenac [r]: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) with antipyretic and analgesic actions. [e]
- Dicloxacillin [r]: A
-lactam based, penicillin-like, penicillinase-resistant antibiotic. [e]
- Didanosine [r]: Potent HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor that also acts as a viral DNA chain terminator. [e]
- Dietary supplement [r]: Preparation intended to provide nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids or amino acids, that are missing or are not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person's diet. [e]
- Diethylstilbestrol [r]: Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen, was believed to prevent miscarriages in women until a 1953 randomized controlled trial proved it did not; a 1971 study established that it increased in utero cancer risks for fetuses whose mothers had taken it [e]
- Digital imaging and communications in medicine [r]: A set of technical specifications for putting medical information consisting of images, of all types, into digital form, such that they can be stored in a computer system or transmitted to a remote computer [e]
- Doxycycline [r]: Tetracycline derivative; treats malaria, anthrax, brucellosis, cholera, ornithosis, plague etc. [e]
- Drug Enforcement Administration [r]: Federal government agency charged with enforcing controlled substances laws and regulations in the United States. [e]
- Drug toxicity [r]: Manifestations of the adverse effects of drugs administered therapeutically or in the course of diagnostic techniques (U.S. National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Econazole [r]: Econazole in an azole-based antifungal drug. [e]
- Efavirenz [r]: Reverse transcriptase inhibitor used as part of highly active antiretroviral therapy for the treatment HIV. [e]
- Emtricitabine [r]: A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) antiviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Entecavir [r]: Guanine analog and antiviral drug used to treat hepatitis B infection. [e]
- Eplerenone [r]: An aldosterone receptor agonist, similar to spironolactone. [e]
- Estradiol [r]: An estrogen steroid that is biosynthesized from testosterone. [e]
- Estrogen [r]: A type or class of sex steroid hormone with an eighteen carbon atom base structure. [e]
- Ethotoin [r]: A medication used to treat epilepsy. [e]
- Ezetimibe [r]: An anti-hyperlipidemic medication used to lower cholesterol levels. [e]
- Famciclovir [r]: Antiviral drug used for the treatment of herpes viruses, especially herpes zoster (shingles). [e]
- Fenofibrate [r]: Antilipemic medication which reduces both cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. [e]
- Fibromyalgia [r]: Inflammation of the fibrous or connective tissue of the body, characterized by acute and debilitating widespread musculoskeletal pain. [e]
- Flucloxacillin [r]: Pencillin-like -lactam antibiotic and an analog of cloxacillin. [e]
- Fluconazole [r]: Fluconazole is a triazole-based antifungal drug [e]
- Fludarabine [r]: An antineoplastic agent used for palliative treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia [e]
- Fluvastatin [r]: Fluorophenyl-based statin, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, for reduction of cholesterol, triglycerides and apo B. [e]
- Folic acid [r]: Nutrient required for a normal pregnancy. [e]
- Foscarnet [r]: Antiviral for treating infections in patients with compromised immune systems, often associated with AIDS. [e]
- Fosfomycin [r]: Broad-spectrum antibiotic and enolpyruvate transferase inhibitor produced by Streptomyces fradiae. [e]
- Furylfuramide [r]: A now banned food preservative. [e]
- Ganciclovir [r]: Antiviral drug used to treat herpesviruses, particularly cytomegalovirus associated with HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Gemfibrozil [r]: A drug that lowers serum triglyceride levels, with variable effects on cholesterol. [e]
- Generic drug [r]: Drugs whose drug name is not protected by a trademark. They may be manufactured by several companies (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Gentamicin [r]: Aminoglycoside antibiotic obtained from Micromonospora purpurea and related species for treating serious infections. [e]
- Glucosamine [r]: Amino sugar component of chitin, heparan sulphate, chondroitin sulphate and many complex polysaccharides, used in treatment of osteoarthritis. [e]
- HIV test [r]: Tests used to detect the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus in serum, saliva, or urine, to detect HIV antibodies, antigens, or RNA. [e]
- Haloperidol [r]: Dopamine antagonist mainly used to treat schizophrenia and some other psychoses [e]
- Hetacillin [r]: A penicillin-like, beta-lactam-based antibiotic prodrug used to treat infections. [e]
- Homeopathy [r]: System of medicine or alternative medicine that asserts that substances known to cause specific syndromes of symptoms can also, in very low and specially prepared doses, help to cure people who are ill with a similar syndrome of symptoms. [e]
- Hydrocortisone [r]: The most important human glucocorticoid, a steroid hormone, produced by the adrenal cortex. [e]
- Idoxuridine [r]: An antiviral drug that inhibits viral DNA synthesis. [e]
- Indinavir [r]: A protease inhibitor drug used to treat HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Indomethacin [r]: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic agent, used in arthritic disorders and degenerative joint disease, and to treat soft-tissue sports injuries. [e]
- Informed consent [r]: Agreement, by the person affected or his surrogate, to make a knowledgeable decision consenting to participation in a medical treatment or research trial [e]
- Insulin [r]: Hormone that regulates blood glucose levels. [e]
- Itraconazole [r]: Triazole-based antifungal drug [e]
- Ketoconazole [r]: Ketoconazole is an azole-based antifungal drug [e]
- Lamivudine [r]: Nucleotide-based reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B virus. [e]
- Lamotrigine [r]: An anticonvulsant drug use to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder. [e]
- Leflunomide [r]: A pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. [e]
- Levetiracetam [r]: A medication used for treating epilepsy and seizures. [e]
- Life extension [r]: Medical and non-medical attempts to slow down or reverse the processes of aging, to extend both the maximum and average lifespan. [e]
- Lovastatin [r]: Type I statin and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor used to treat hypercholesterolemia. [e]
- Medication [r]: A licensed drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. [e]
- Mephenytoin [r]: Anticonvulsant medication used to treat epilepsy, particularly effective in tonic-clonic epilepsy. [e]
- Mesalamine [r]: An anti-inflammatory drug used to treat inflammation of the digestive tract ulcerative colitis and mild to moderate Crohn's disease. [e]
- Methotrexate [r]: An inhibitor of tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase, which prevents the formation of tetrahydrofolate, necessary for synthesis of thymidylate, an essential component of DNA. Wide range of applications, including the treatment of cancer; autoimmune diseases (where it is considered a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug) including asthma, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis. [e]
- Methylphenidate [r]: The most commonly prescribed psychostimulant and is indicated in the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and narcolepsy. [e]
- Metoprolol [r]: An adrenergic beta-antagonist useful in angina pectoris, hypertension, or cardiac arrhythmias. [e]
- Mevastatin [r]: Statin drug used to treat hypercholesterolemia by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase. [e]
- Mezlocillin [r]: A penicillin-like, beta-lactam antibiotic medication. [e]
- Midodrine [r]: An adrenergic alpha agonist used as a vasoconstrictor agent in the treatment of hypotension. [e]
- Minocycline [r]: An antibiotic tetracycline analog that can be used to treat tetracycline-resistant staphylococcus infections. [e]
- Multiple sclerosis [r]: A chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). [e]
- Naloxone [r]: Opiate antagonist, that binds receptors of endogenous opiates or drugs like morphine, codeine and heroin. [e]
- Naproxen [r]: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug commonly used for the reduction of moderate to severe pain, fever, inflammation and stiffness. [e]
- Nelfinavir [r]: An antiviral protease inhibitor used to treat HIV/AIDS [e]
- Netilmicin [r]: An aminoglycoside antibiotic derivative of sisomycin. [e]
- New drug application [r]: The U.S. regulatory process under which the Food and Drug Administration authorizes the marketing of new drugs, for which it has verified safety and efficacy for specific disease indication; the prescribing information must warn of potential adverse effects [e]
- Nitroglycerin [r]: A very unstable, shock-sensitive high-explosive which also has medical uses. [e]
- Opioid receptor [r]: G-protein coupled receptors located in the brain and various organs that bind opiates or opioid substances as ligands. [e]
- Oseltamivir [r]: An antiviral drug that is used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both Influenzavirus A and Influenzavirus B infection. [e]
- Oxacillin [r]: A penicillin beta-lactam antibiotic similar to flucloxacillin and used in resistant staphylococci infections. [e]
- Patent [r]: Grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time. [e]
- Penciclovir [r]: antiviral drug used to treat herpes virus infections [e]
- Penicillin G [r]: also called benzopenicillin or benzylpenicillin, is an antibiotic derived from penicillin and used to treat severe infections from most Gram-positive and some Gram-negative cocci. [e]
- Penicillin V [r]: phenoxymethyl penicillin, a broad-spectrum, beta-lactam-based antibiotic used to treat gram-positive bacteria infections. [e]
- Pharmacogenomics [r]: Branch of genetics which deals with the genetic variability in individual responses to drugs and drug metabolism (biotransformation) (U.S. National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Pharmacology [r]: Study of the changes produced in living animals by chemical substances, especially the actions of therapeutics, substances used to treat disease. [e]
- Piperacillin [r]: A -lactam antibiotic derived from ampicillin that is similar to penicillin. [e]
- Pravastatin [r]: Type I Statin used to treat hypercholesterolemia. [e]
- Prednisolone [r]: A glucocorticoid steroid and the active metabolite of the commonly used synthetic drug prednisone. [e]
- Prednisone [r]: A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid steroid designed as a mimic of the naturally occuring steroid cortisone. [e]
- Pregabalin [r]: An anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain and as an adjunct therapy for partial seizures with or without secondary generalization in adults. [e]
- Progesterone [r]: A progestan steroid hormone vital to pregnancy and a precursor for some androgen and estrogen steroids. [e]
- Propranolol [r]: A drug, C16H21NO2, that blocks beta-adrenergic activity, used to treat hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmia and to prevent migraine headaches. [e]
- Publication bias [r]: Tendency for researchers, editors, and companies to handle the reporting of experimental results that are positive differently from results that are negative or inconclusive. [e]
- Radiation-emitting product [r]: An electronic device or physical product that emits defined types of ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, or sound energy, and makes claims to have medical benefits [e]
- Randomized controlled trial [r]: "Work consisting of a clinical trial that involves at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table." (Anonymous, (2009) Randomized controlled trial (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.) [e]
- Respiratory tract infection [r]: Illnesses caused by an acute infection which involves the upper respiratory tract: nose, sinuses, pharynx or larynx. [e]
- Ribavirin [r]: A nucleoside antimetabolite antiviral drug that blocks nucleic acid synthesis. [e]
- Rimantadine [r]: An orally administered antiviral drug used to treat, and prevent, the Influenzavirus A virus. [e]
- Ritonavir [r]: An antiretroviral drug from the protease inhibitor class used to treat HIV infection and AIDS. [e]
- Rituximab [r]: Chimeric monoclonal antibody against the protein CD20, which is primarily found on the surface of B cells, and used in the treatment of many lymphomas, and leukaemias. [e]
- Rosuvastatin [r]: A type II statin, marketed as Crestor®, used to treat high cholesterol levels. [e]
- Salt and health [r]: Article describing health effects of salt (sodium) in the diet, giving governments' recommendations for consumption. [e]
- Saquinavir [r]: An antiretroviral drug used in HIV therapy that works by inhibiting protease in HIV. [e]
- Sertraline [r]: Antidepressant that selectively inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain, used in the treatment of major depression. [e]
- Sildenafil [r]: Selective PDE-5 inhibitor used to treat erectile dysfunction (Viagra®) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (Ravatio®). [e]
- Simvastatin [r]: A semisynthetic lipid-lowering drug derived from a compound produced by a mold of the genus Aspergillus and administered orally to lower a high cholesterol level in the blood by inhibiting the action of an enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of cholesterol. [e]
- Spironolactone [r]: A steroid derivative and antiandrogen, that blocks the action of aldosterone, and used as a diuretic primarily in the treatment of hypertension. [e]
- Stavudine [r]: Antiviral drug that inhibits reverse transcriptase and is used to treat HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Stent [r]: Slender thread, rod, or catheter inserted into a tubular structure, such as a blood vessel, to provide support during or after anastomosis. [e]
- Streptomycin [r]: An antibiotic drug, produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus, used to treat tuberculosis and other bacterial infections. [e]
- Sulfanilamide [r]: A white, odorless crystalline molecule containing the sulfonamide functional group attached to an aniline, no longer used clinically but the first of the sulfonamide antibiotics [e]
- Sulfasalazine [r]: A sulfa drug, a derivative of Mesalazine, used primarily as an anti-inflammatory agent in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease as well as for rheumatoid arthritis. [e]
- Tadalafil [r]: Drug (Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction. It is a selective phosphodiesterase type-5 (PDE-5) inhibitor. [e]
- Tamsulosin [r]: An α1a-selective alpha blocker used in the symptomatic treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). [e]
- Tenofovir [r]: A nucleotide analog reverse transcritase inhibitor (nRTI) antiviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS. [e]
- Tioconazole [r]: Tioconazole is an azole-based antifungal drug. [e]
- Tiotropium [r]: A long-acting, 24 hour, anticholinergic bronchodilator used in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [e]
- Tipranavir [r]: Protease inhibitor used to treat HIV/AIDS in combination with ritonavir. [e]
- Topiramate [r]: A medication that is used for treating epilepsy and migraine headache. [e]
- Tranexamic acid [r]: An "antifibrinolytic hemostatic used in severe hemorrhage." National Library of Medicine [e]
- Transgenic plant [r]: Plants that have been genetically modified by inserting genes directly into a single plant cell, from a different species. [e]
- Tumor necrosis factor-alpha [r]: Cytokine involved in systemic inflammation and is a member of a factor group that stimulates the acute phase reaction. [e]
- U.S. Department of Agriculture [r]: The United States cabinet-level agency responsible for agricultural matters, including food imports and diseases of plants and livestock [e]
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [r]: The primary cabinet-level department of the United States, concerned with health affairs [e]
- U.S. Economic history [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Valproic acid [r]: An anticonvulsant medication. [e]
- Vancomycin [r]: A glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) [e]
- Vardenafil [r]: A selective phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor drug (Levitra®) used to treat erectile dysfunction. [e]
- Vidarabine [r]: An antiviral drug with antiviral properties against DNA viruses that is an analog of the nucleoside adenosine. [e]
- Voriconazole [r]: An azole-based antifungal drug [e]
- Warfarin [r]: Rat poison also used as anticoagulant medication to prevent embolism and thrombosis [e]
- Zalcitabine [r]: A dideoxynucleoside antiviral drug, similar to cytosine, that inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. [e]
- Zanamivir [r]: A guanido-neuraminic acid that is a neuraminidase inhibitor used as an antiviral drug to treat influenza A and B. [e]
