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Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug. [7] After its discovery in 1975, [8] its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis. [9] Approved for human use in 1987, [10] it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.
cancer and infectious diseases Pinatuzumab vedotin [40] mab: humanized: CD22: cancer Pintumomab: mab: mouse: adenocarcinoma antigen: adenocarcinoma (imaging) Placulumab [15] mab: human: TNF: pain and inflammatory diseases Pozelimab [35] Veopoz: mab: human: C5: Y: CHAPLE disease Prezalumab [41] mab: human: TNF: Plozalizumab [12] mab: humanized ...
Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]
HAMLET (human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells) is a molecular complex derived from human breast milk that kills tumor cells by a process resembling programmed cell death . As of 2008, it had been tested in humans with skin papillomas and bladder cancer. [4]
Supplements made from it are promoted as cancer treatment; however, according to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific evidence does not support claims of its effectiveness for treating cancer or any other disease in humans". [77] Grapes – there is very little evidence that eating them can help prevent or treat cancer.
Trilostane was withdrawn from human use in the United States market in April 1994. [22] [23] [10] It continued to be available in the United Kingdom for use in humans under the brand name Modrenal for the treatment of Cushing's disease and breast cancer in humans, but was eventually discontinued in this country as well. [10] [24] [25] [26]
Ciclosporin use after a kidney transplantation is associated with increased levels of uric acid in the blood and, in some cases, gout. [31] Ciclosporin is listed as an IARC Group 1 carcinogen (i.e. there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in humans), [32] specifically leading to squamous cell skin cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [33]
PUVA (psoralen and UVA) is an ultraviolet light therapy treatment for skin diseases: vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, graft-versus-host disease, mycosis fungoides, large plaque parapsoriasis, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, using the sensitizing effects of the drug psoralen.