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A prodrug is a pharmacologically inactive medication or compound that, after intake, is metabolized (i.e., converted within the body) into a pharmacologically active drug. [1] [2] Instead of administering a drug directly, a corresponding prodrug can be used to improve how the drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted ().
Pages in category "Prodrugs" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 338 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
See also the list of the top 100 bestselling branded drugs, ranked by sales. Abbreviations are used in the list as follows: INN = International nonproprietary name; BAN = British Approved Name; USAN = United States Adopted Name; Two-letter codes for countries
A variety of neurotransmitter prodrugs have been developed and used in medicine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They can be useful when the neurotransmitter itself is not suitable for use as a pharmaceutical drug owing to unfavorable pharmacokinetic or physicochemical properties, for instance high susceptibility to metabolism , short elimination half-life , or ...
This is a list of estrogen esters, or ester prodrugs of estrogens. It includes esters, as well as ethers , of steroidal estrogens like estradiol , estrone , and estriol and of nonsteroidal estrogens like the stilbestrols diethylstilbestrol and hexestrol .
Sometimes drugs are formulated in an inactive form that is designed to break down inside the body to form the active drug. These are called prodrugs.The reasons for this type of formulation may be because the drug is more stable during manufacture and storage as the prodrug form, or because the prodrug is better absorbed by the body or has superior pharmacokinetics (e.g., lisdexamphetamine).
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.
2.2 Prodrugs. 2.2.1 Ethers. 2.2.2 Azine dimers. 3 19-Nortestosterone (nandrolone) ... This is a list of androgens/anabolic steroids (AAS) or testosterone derivatives.