Aggrenox - the combined antiplatelet agent. There are two active ingredients - acetilsalicylic acid and dipiridamol. Action of such combination is caused by different biochemical mechanisms. Aggrenox is prescribed for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke which proceeds as thrombosis. Medicine is also effective for prevention of transitory ischaemic attack.
Alkeran is a medicine used to treat the symptoms of Multiple Myeloma and Ovarian Cancer. Alkeran may be used alone or with other medications.
Alkeran belongs to a class of drugs called Antineoplastics, Alkylating.
It is not known if Alkeran is safe and effective in children.
Alphagan is a medicine used to treat the symptoms of Elevated Intraocular Pressure and Ocular Redness. Alphagan may be used alone or with other medications.
Alphagan belongs to a class of drugs called Antiglaucoma, Alpha Agonists.
It is not known if Alphagan is safe and effective in children younger than 2 years of age.
Alprostadil is a medicine used to treat the symptoms of Erectile Dysfunction (impotence).
Ampicillin - Semi-synthetic penicillin, which has a wide range of effects and exhibits bactericidal effect. Suppresses the synthesis of the cell wall of bacteria: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus spp., Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium spp., Enterococcus faecalis, Listeria spp., Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Proteus mirabilis, Pasteurella multocida, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Escherichia coli, Aerobic non-spore-forming bacteria. Acid-resistant.
Antabuse - the medicine for treatment of alcoholism. The effect of medicine is implemented due to blockade of acetaldehydehydrogenaz which takes part in ethanol metabolism in consequence of which rises the level of acetaldehyde which causes a number of negative symptoms (including hot flashes, hyperemia of face, vomiting, tachycardia and increase in pressure). These effects arising after alcohol intake lead to development of cause-effect relations and rejections of alcohol intake. Thus, the patient has a conditioned-reflex disgust for a smell and taste of alcohol.
Aricept, which is donepezil - is prescribed at dementia which occured due to Alzheimer disease (mild and moderate severity) at adults, including elderly people (symptomatic treatment). Medicine works through inhibition in acetylcholinesterase of brain.
Artane, which is trihexyphenidyl - has a prominent central and peripheral cholinolytic effect. It is prescribed to patients with the diagnosed Parkinsonism of various etiology and other diseases of extrapyramidal system which are followed by increase in a muscle tone and hyperkinesias (violent automatic movements owing to involuntary reduction of muscles).
Augmentin - the Antibiotic of a broad spectrum of activity. It has bacterolytic (destroying bacteria) effect. It is active concerning a wide range of aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and aerobic gramnegative microorganisms, including strains producing betalactamase. It is prescribed at diagnosing of bacterial infections caused by microorganisms, sensitive to drug: infections of upper respiratory tracts, bacterial infections of skin and soft tissues, infections of urogenital tract, sepsis, infection pelvic organs.
Bactrim - a combined drug, containing two active ingredients: sulfanamide drug sulfamethoxazole and derivative of diaminopyrimidine - trimethoprimum. Colibacillus life activity oppresses that leads to reduction of synthesis of thymine, riboflavinum, niacin, etc. group B vitamins in intestines. Duration of therapeutic effect makes 7 years.
Benicar is a drug that is prescribed for essential arterial hypertension. In case of arterial hypertension, olmesartan causes a dose-dependent long-term reduction of a blood pressure.
Buspar - a partial agonist of serotonin and dopamine receptors - it has anxiolytic effect. Unlike benzodiazines buspirone does not suppress psychomotor function, or causes its small suppression; in moderate doses does not exponentiate effect of alcohol. It does not render somnolent, relaxant or antiepileptic effect.
Caduet consists of Amlodipine besylate and atorvastatin calcium. Caduet has a double mechanism of action; action of amlodipin as dihydropyridinic antagonist of calcium and for suppression of atorvastatin HMG-CoA reductase. It is taken for prevention of cardiovascular events at patients with hypertension, with three concurrent factors of cardiovascular risk, with cholesterol level from normal to moderately raised, without clinical manifestations of ischemic heart disease and also when according to the existing recommendations about treatment the combined use of amlodipin and low dose of atorvastatin is deemed appropriate.
Cardizem, derivative benzothiazepine, has anti-anginal, antiarrhytmic and hypotensive effect. It is prescribed at arterial hypertension: after myocardial infarction, at patients with accompanying stenocardia when beta adrenoblockers, are contraindicative at patients with diabetic nephropathy, in cases when ACE inhibitors are contraindicated; angina of effort, Prinzmetal's angina; prevention of a coronary spasm when carrying out a coronary angiography or operation of aortocoronary shunting.
Cardura is consumed to rebalance the blood pressure within hypertension, as well as to cure benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This drug was not distinguished by a negative effect on the metabolism, which was often recorded in analogs. That's why Cardura earned positive reviews from people suffering from cardiovascular insufficiency, asthma, diabetes.
Cefadroxil - cephalosporin antibiotic of the I generation for intake. It works as bactericidal, breaking synthesis of a cell wall of microorganisms. It has a broad spectrum of activity: it is active in relation as gram-positive (Staphylococcus spp. which don't produce and produce a penicillinase; Streptococcus spp. (including Streptococcus pneumoniae), Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Bacillus anthracis), and gram-negative microorganisms (Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella spp., some strains of Proteus spp., especially Proteus mirabilis), Moraxella catarrhalis (Branhamella). Many strains of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are steady against Cefadroxil.
Co-Amoxiclav - co-formulated antibacterial agent, combine of bactericidal antibiotic of a broad spectrum of activity, from a group of semi-synthetic penicillin - Amoxicillin and Betalactamase inhibitor.
Depakote - antiepileptic medicine, has the central myorelaxation and sedative effect. It is taken for treatment of epilepsy of various genesis, at epileptic seizures, febrile spasms at children, and character changes caused by epilepsy.
Most indications for the use of such glucocorticoids as Medrol are due to their anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive and anti-allergic properties. Due to these properties, the following therapeutic effects are achieved: reduction of the number of immune cells in the vicinity of inflammation; reduction of vasodilation; stabilization of lysosomal membranes; inhibition of phagocytosis; reduction of production of prostaglandins and related compounds.
Diovan - the peripheral vasodilator, has hypotensive effect. The specific blocker of AT1 receptors of angiotensin II, does not inhibit ACE; does not influence the level of general cholesterol, TG, glucose and uric acid in blood.
Dipyridamole medicine for treatment and prevention of thrombosis and thromboembolism, prevention of occlusion of stents and aortocoronary shunts. Expands coronary vessels (preferential arterioles) and causes significant increase in volume speed of a blood velocity. Increases the level of oxygen in a venous blood of a coronary sine and its absorption by a myocardium.
Enalapril is an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (or ACE inhibitor); administered in hypertensive pediatric patients (from 1 month old and above), adults and elderly patients for treatment
Epitol - mood stabilizing agent and antiepileptic medicine. It is effective for treatment of epilepsy (excepting petit mal), maniacal conditions, prevention of maniac-depressive frustration, alcoholic abstinence, neuralgia of trigeminal and glossopalatine nerves, diabetic neuropathy.
Exforge the combined antihypertensive which includes amlodipine and valastran. Valsartan - a specific blocker of AT1 receptors of angiotensin II. Amlodipin - calcium channel blocking agents of III generation, inhibits transmembrane receipt of Ca2+ in cardiomyocytes and smooth muscle cells of vessels, by weakening them.
Feldene - the drug used for treatment of inflammatory and degenerative diseases of musculo-skeletal system. NSAIDS, renders antiinflammatory, analgestic, antiaggregant and febrifugal action. Not selectively suppresses COX1 and COX2. The analgetic effect is observed in 30 min. after peroral intake, the antiinflammatory effect occurs by the end of the 1 (first) week of treatment by Feldene. After a single dose of Feldene it acts during 24 h.
Flagyl - antiprotozoan and antimicrobic drug. It is prescribed at treatment of protozoan inspections (abenteric amebiasis, including amoebic abscess of liver, an intestinal amebiasis, trichomoniasis, giardiasis, balanthidiasis, lambliasis, skin leushmaniosis, mecotic vaginitis, mecotic urethritis), pseudomembranous colitis, gastritises, ulcer, prevention of postoperative complications (especially interventions at segmented intestine, perirectal area, appendectomy, gynecologic operations).
NSAIDs; has an anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effect associated with the suppression of COX1 and COX2 that regulate the synthesis of Pg. Used to inhibit miosis during surgery of cataracts in the treatment of inflammatory processes caused by surgery. It is also used in the prevention and treatment of cystoid edema of macular retina after surgical removal of cataracts.
It is used for the treatment of spasticity in multiple sclerosis, strokes, TBI, meningitis, spinal diseases (infectious, degenerative, tumor and traumatic genesis), in children's cerebral palsy; alcoholism (affective disorders). Reducing the excitability of the end sections of the afferent sensitive fibers and suppressing the intermediate neurons, inhibits the mono- and polysynaptic transmission of nerve impulses; reduces the preliminary stress of the muscle spindles.
Lipitor refers to inhibitors of hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A-reductase. It is used to lower the level of LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) in the blood, total cholesterol, triglycerides (another kind of fat) and apolipoprotein B (protein required for cholesterol production). Lipitor is also used to increase the blood cholesterol level of HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol). It is necessary to reduce the risk of hardening of the arteries, which can lead to heart attacks, strokes and peripheral vascular diseases.
Lisinopril is an antihypertensive, vasodilating, cardioprotective drug, an ACE inhibitor that is used to treat hypertension, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, diabetic nephropathy.
A receptors blocker angiotensin II (AT1 type). Has a vasodilating and hypotensive effect. Does not show the properties of the agonist of angiotensin receptors, does not affect the state of ionic channels involved in the regulation of SSS. Does not inhibit ACE. Decreases both systolic and diastolic blood pressure without affecting the pulse rate. The start of antihypertensive action is in 3 hours, a steady decrease of the blood pressure is in 4 weeks after the start of the treatment. The duration of the hypotensive effect after a single intake is 24 hours.
A thiazide diuretic of the average intensity, applied in arterial hypertension, edema syndrome of different origin, gestosis and diabetes insipidus. Reduces reabsorption of Na+ at the level of the Henle loop cortical segment, without affecting its segment lying in the medulla of the kidney that detects a weaker diuretic effect compared with furosemide.
A peripheral vasodilator, blocks postsynaptic alpha1-adrenergic receptors and prevents the vasoconstrictive influence of catecholamines. It reduces pressure in the pulmonary veins and the right atrium significantly, it also reduces pulmonary vascular resistance moderately. The drug therapeutic indications include: arterial hypertension; CHF (in combination therapy), Raynaud's syndrome and disease, pheochromocytoma, peripheral vascular spasm on the background of poisoning with ergot alkaloids. Prostatic hyperplasia
A blocker of H1-histamine receptors of the first generation, derived from ethanolamine; eliminates the effects of histamine, mediated through this type of receptors. Promotes the local anaesthesia (when intaken, there is a short numbing of the mucous membranes in the mouth) - only in high doses, it blocks m-cholinergic receptors in the central nervous system, has sedative, hypnotic, antiemetic and antiparkinsonian effects. The therapeutic indications include: allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis, chronic urticaria, pruritic dermatoses, dermatographism, serum sickness.
Prevents the occurrence of epileptic seizures, allodynia and hyperalgesia, and especially the pain response in different models of neuropathic pain. In addition,it reduces the pain response to peripheral inflammation, but does not affect the immediate behavior caused by pain.
A tricyclic antidepressant with a relatively short latency period. It has almost no sedative effect. therapeutical indications include: depressive phases of a manic-depressive psychosis, all other forms of endogenous depression (reactive and neurotic). In combination with amitriptyline it is used for depressions that occurred during treatment with reserpine. In combination with neuroleptics, it is used in the treatment of depression that developed during treatment of schizophrenic psychoses.
The drug dilates coronary vessels (mostly arterioles) and causes a significant increase in volumetric blood flow velocity. Increases the content of oxygen in venous blood of coronary sinus and its absorption by myocardium. Promotes the development of collateral coronary circulation, reduction in a systemic vascular resistance, improves microcirculation, has angioprotective action.
A lipid-lowering agent. Reversibly inhibits HMG-COA reductase, inhibits the cholesterol synthesis at the stage of mevinolinic acid and moderately reduces its intracellular concentration. The indications for the drug use include: primary hypercholesterolemia mainly of IIa and IIb types, under the ineffective diet treatment in patients with increased risk of coronary atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia combined with hypertriglyceridemia; prevention of coronary artery disease. The drug decreases the risk of myocardial infarction, the need for revascularization of the myocardium, deaths from cardiovascular system diseases.
Prednisolone is a synthetic analogue of the adrenal cortex secreted by the hormones cortisone and hydrocortisone. Unlike cortisone and hydrocortisone, prednisolone does not cause a noticeable delay in sodium and water, and only slightly increases the release of potassium. The drug has a pronounced anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, anti exudative, anti-shock, antitoxic effect.
Blocks the final stage of HCl secretion, reducing basal and stimulated secretion, regardless of the nature of the stimulus. Prescribed for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer in acute phase, erosive-ulcerative esophagitis, reflux esophagitis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, stress ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract; eradication of Helicobacter pylori within a combination therapy, non-ulcer dyspepsia.
An inhibitor of proton pump. The drug indications include: gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer (in an acute phase), erosive gastritis, reflux-esophagit, Zolling-Erellison syndrome.
An antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drug, derivative from benzisoxazole; also has sedative, antiemetic and hypothermic effect. Used in acute and chronic schizophrenia and others psychotic states with a predominance of productive and negative symptoms, affective disorders in various mental diseases, behavioral disorders in patients with dementia with the symptoms of aggression, disorders of activity or psychotic symptoms. Also prescribed as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of manias in bipolar disorders.
Septra - Sulfamethoxazole is an antibiotic that treats various types of infections caused by bacteria. The combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim is used to treat ear infection, urinary tract infection, prostate infection, bronchitis, travelers' diarrhea and pneumocystis pneumonia. The drug is available in the form of tablets, as well as in liquid form.
Tegretol - anticonvulsant drug, dibenzodiazepine derivative. It also has neurotropic and psychotropic action. Indications for use: epilepsy, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia and trigeminal neuralgia with multiple sclerosis (typical and atypical), idiopathic neuralgia of the glossopharyngeal nerve, diabetic neuropathy with pain syndrome, diabetes insipidus of central genesis,
Tofranil is a drug that is very sensitive to the form of depressive disorder (glycoem depressive disorder, depressive phase of bipolar infections, depressive disorder, migraine, depression, dysthymia;
Valtrex is an antiviral. The active substance - valaciclovir - penetrates into the affected cell, interacts with enzymes, is embedded in the DNA of the pathogen. It is active against Herpes Simplex, Cytomegalovirus, Varicella-Zoster, Epstein-Barr, HHV-6 (herpes simplex type 6).
Vantin - combined preparation, based simultaneously on 2 active substances: Cefpodoxime Proxetil. It belongs to the third generation of cephalosporins. Used to treat acute otitis media, tonsilitis, pharyngitis, respiratory tract infections, such as pulmonary pneumonia and chronic bronchitis.
Vasotec- an antihypertensive drug based on the action of the active ingredient Enalapril, whose mechanism of action is associated with inhibition of the activity of the angiotensin-converting enzyme, leading to a decrease in the formation of the vasoconstrictor factor - angiotensin II and simultaneously to the activation of the formation of kinin and prostacyclin possessing a vasodilating action.
Zyloprim is a tablet the effect of which appears due to the mechanism of action of its basic component called Allopurinol. This medicine is prescribed as a treatment of hyperuricemia, primary and secondary gout, urolithiasis with the formation of urinary calculi, hemoblastoma, cytostatic and radiation therapy of tumors, psoriasis, traumatic toxicosis. It is used as a corticosteroid therapy for the prevention of urinary acid nephropathy, malignant neoplasms and congenital disorders of purine metabolism in children.
