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A drug class is a group of medications and other compounds that share similar chemical structures, act through the same mechanism of action (i.e., binding to the same biological target), have similar modes of action, and/or are used to treat similar diseases.
Any chemical substance with biological activity may be considered a drug. This list categorises drugs alphabetically and also by other categorisations. This multi-page article lists pharmaceutical drugs alphabetically by name. Many drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed more than once.
List of drugs: A; List of drugs: A–Ab; List of drugs: Ac; List of drugs: Ad–Ak; List of drugs: Al; List of drugs: Am; List of aminorex analogues; List of drugs: An–Ap; List of antileukemic drugs; List of drugs: Aq–Ar; List of arylcyclohexylamines; List of drugs: As–Az
The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
A single drug may contain single or multiple active ingredients. The administration is the process by which a patient takes medicine. There are three major categories of drug administration: enteral (via the human gastrointestinal tract), injection into the body, and by other routes (dermal, nasal, ophthalmic, otologic, and urogenital). [10]
The state will likely select 10 new drug classes in three months for its next list, said Annelisa Steeber, manager of the Minnesota Department of Health's prescription drug price transparency ...
Many of the categories for particular types of drugs are listed in Category:Drugs by target organ system and Category:Drugs by mechanism of action.. Articles about drugs that are used and/or abused on account of their Psychoactive effects are found in the subcategory, Category:Psychoactive drugs.
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