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The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML[1]), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system. [2] The list is frequently used by countries to help develop their own local lists of ...
This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress. The list is ordered alphabetically according to the condition or conditions, then by the generic name of each medication. The list is not exhaustive and not all drugs are used regularly in all countries.
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.
Essential medicines, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), are medicines that " satisfy the priority health care needs of the population ". [ 1 ] Essential medicines should be accessible to people at all times, in sufficient amounts, and be generally affordable. [ 2 ] Since 1977, the WHO has published a model list of essential ...
Definition. Medication is a medicine or a chemical compound used to treat or cure illness. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, medication is "a substance used in treating a disease or relieving pain ". [ 3 ] As defined by the National Cancer Institute, dosage forms of medication can include tablets, capsules, liquids, creams, and patches.
Benzodiazepines developed in the former Soviet Union (e.g. phenazepam, gidazepam etc.) Benzodiazepines predominantly used only in Japan (e.g. nimetazepam, flutoprazepam etc.) 4,5-cyclised benzodiazepines (e.g. ketazolam, cloxazolam etc.), and other compounds not researched by Roche.
COVID-19. Pfizer. 3C-like protease inhibitor (Nirmatrelvir) / inhibition of metabolism of nirmatrelvir (ritonavir) Nevirapine. HIV. non- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. Nitazoxanide. Broad-spectrum antiviral.
This is a complete list of clinically approved prescription antidepressants throughout the world, as well as clinically approved prescription drugs used to augment antidepressants or mood stabilizers, by pharmacological and/or structural classification. Chemical/generic names are listed first, with brand names in parentheses.