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A drug that is an injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist.
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(medicine) Any of a class of blood pressure-lowering drugs, including captopril and enalapril, that cause the arteries to widen by preventing the synthesis on angiotensin
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A niacin derivative used as a hypolipidemic agent.
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A xanthine oxidase inhibitor used for the treatment of gout.
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A drug being developed to treat hypercholesterolemia.
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A black fluid obtained from rice bran, used to treat beriberi.
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(pharmacology) A statin used to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. Trade names include Lipitor among others.
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(pharmacology) An antilipidemic drug.
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(pharmacology) An antiobesity drug.
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A synthetic fibrate similar to clofibrate
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A medication for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
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A particular antilipidemic drug.
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(pharmacology) A fibrate drug used to treat hyperlipidaemia.
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(pharmacology) An antilipidemic drug.
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Alternative form of ceruletide [(pharmacology) An oligopeptide that stimulates smooth muscle and increases digestive secretions.]
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(pharmacology) An antiplatelet drug.
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(pharmacology) A thrombolytic drug.
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(medicine, historical) A cardiac accelerator extracted from the suprarenal glands of cows.
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(pharmacology) A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
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A drug designed to treat obesity by inhibiting pancreatic lipase.
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(medicine) A dehydropeptidase inhibitor that is used in association with certain antibiotics to prevent them being inactivated
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(pharmacology) A drug C₂₂H₂₂F₃N·HCl (trademark Sensipar) that is administered orally to treat hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney failure undergoing dialysis and to treat certain types of hypercalcemia (as that associated with parathyroid carcinoma). It increases the sensitivity of receptor cells of the parathyroid gland to extracellular calcium causing a decrease in parathyroid hormone secretion.
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(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
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(pharmacology) An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₆ClNO₂S
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(pharmacology) A lipid-lowering polymer drug (trademark Welchol) that binds to bile acid in the intestine and is administered orally by tablet or oral suspension to lower LDL levels in the treatment of hyperlipidemia and to control levels of blood sugar in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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(pharmacology) An antilipidemic drug.
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(pharmacology) A generic term for drugs in a new class of third-generation erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).
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(pharmacology) A direct thrombin inhibitor used as an oral anticoagulant for atrial fibrillation and other clinical conditions.
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(pharmacology) A low-molecular-weight heparin, used for prophylaxis or treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
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(pharmacology) An antilipidemic drug.
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(medicine) Initialism of dual antiplatelet therapy: a combination of aspirin plus a P2Y₁₂ inhibitor (such as clopidogrel, prasugrel, or ticagrelor), used in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome.
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Alternative form of desmopressin [A synthetic replacement for vasopressin.]
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A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
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A mimic of glutathione peroxidase, being investigated as a possible treatment for reperfusion injury, stroke, and tinnitus.
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(pharmacology) An anticoagulant drug.
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(pharmacology) An antiplatelet drug.
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A medication that induces higher concentrations of any enzyme in the blood (either by intention or as a side effect); often, more specifically, higher concentrations of liver enzymes (principally AST and ALT) in the blood.
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(pharmacology) An antiplatelet drug.
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A fibrate that is a combination of clofibrate and niacin, linked together by an ester bond.
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A drug that inhibits cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP).
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(pharmacology) An antihyperlipidemic medication used to lower cholesterol levels by decreasing cholesterol absorption in the intestine.
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A non-catecholamine vasoconstrictor, chemically related to vasopressin.
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(pharmacology) A lipid-regulating drug C₂₀H₂₁ClO₄ that is administered orally to reduce levels of LDL, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein B and increase levels of HDL and is used chiefly to treat hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. It is metabolized in the liver to form pharmacologically-active fenofibric acid, and is marketed under the trademarks Antara, Fenoglide, Lipofen, Lofibra, TriCor, and Triglide.
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(organic chemistry) The compound 2-[4-(4-chlorobenzoyl)phenoxy]-2-methylpropanoic acid that has antihyperlipidemic activity
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(medicine) Any of a class of amphipathic drugs that affect lipid metabolism
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Alternative form of fenofibrate [(pharmacology) A lipid-regulating drug C₂₀H₂₁ClO₄ that is administered orally to reduce levels of LDL, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein B and increase levels of HDL and is used chiefly to treat hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. It is metabolized in the liver to form pharmacologically-active fenofibric acid, and is marketed under the trademarks Antara, Fenoglide, Lipofen, Lofibra, TriCor, and Triglide.]
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(pharmacology) A drug of the statin class, used to treat hypercholesterolemia and to prevent cardiovascular disease.
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(pharmacology) A particular anticoagulant drug.
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A particular antilipidemic and uricosuric drug.
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(pharmacology) A direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used to treat hypertension by acting as a vasodilator primarily in arteries and arterioles.
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(pharmacology) An ACE inhibitor used as an antihypertensive drug and for the treatment of chronic heart failure.
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(pharmacology) Synonym of isoprenaline.
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(pharmacology) A cholesterol-lowering drug.
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A drug used in combination with niacin to reduce blood cholesterol.
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A urate-transporter inhibitor used to treat hyperuricemia associated with gout.
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(pharmacology) An antilipidemic drug.
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An investigational drug for the treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia.
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A drug used in the treatment of liver disease.
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(medicine) An oligonucleotide drug used to reduce cholesterol levels
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(pharmacology) The recombinant form of the 32-amino acid human B-type natriuretic peptide, used to facilitate cardiovascular fluid homeostasis through counterregulation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system.
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(medicine) A device used to quantify pain, especially in relation to diabetes.
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A niacin derivative used as a hypolipidemic agent.
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An antilipidemic drug, a derivative of clofibrate and nicotinic acid.
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An antihypertensive agent that inhibits both neutral endopeptidase and angiotensin converting enzyme.
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An inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
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(pharmacology) An antiplatelet agent that works as a thromboxane A2 synthesis inhibitor.
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(pharmacology) An erythropoietic agent, a functional analog of erythropoietin, intended for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease in adult patients on dialysis.
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Alternative form of Pfizer riser [(informal) The drug sildenafil citrate marketed as Viagra.]
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(pharmacology) A thromboxane synthase inhibitor and a thromboxane receptor inhibitor used in the treatment of clinical arterial thrombosis and peripheral artery disease.
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A hypolipidemic, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist.
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(pharmacology) An antilipidemic drug.
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(pharmacology) A particular statin drug
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A particular antilipidemic and antiplatelet drug.
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(pharmacology) A specific thienopyridine platelet clogging inhibitor having the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₀FNO₃S.
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(pharmacology) A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack.
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(medicine) A particular antihyperlipidemic drug
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A cholecystokinin antagonist drug that inhibits gastrointestinal motility and reduces gastric secretions.
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A drug that acts as an LHRH antagonist.
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(pharmacology) A statin (trademark Crestor) that is administered orally in the form of its calcium salt (C₂₂H₂₇FN₃O₆S)₂Ca especially to treat hypercholesterolemia.
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(pharmacology) An antiplatelet drug.
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(pharmacology) A so-called superaspirin used to prevent blood clots.
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(pharmacology) A semisynthetic drug C₂₅H₃₈O₅ that decreases the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream and is derived from a compound produced by a mold (Aspergillus terreus).
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A growth hormone medication.
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(pharmacology) An antiplatelet drug.
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A particular hypocholesterolemic agent.
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(pharmacology) A tissue plasminogen activator enzyme used as a thrombolytic drug.
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(medicine) An analogue of vasopressin used as a vasoactive drug in the management of hypotension
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A particular kind of hypolipidemic agent.
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(pharmacology) An antithrombotic drug in the heparin group.
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(pharmacology) A nonpeptide tyrosine derivative with anticoagulant activity.
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(pharmacology) A platelet aggregation inhibitor.
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A synthetic cholesterol-lowering drug, no longer in use because of adverse side-effects.
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(pharmacology) A sympatholytic antihypertensive drug.
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(pharmacology) An antilipidemic drug.
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(pharmacology) An ACE inhibitor drug.
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A vasorelaxant eicosapeptide present in the skin secretion of the frog Odorrana schmackeri
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A particular lipase inhibitor.
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(pharmacology) A drug used to treat dwarfism.
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(medicine) A mixture of ezetimibe and simvastatin used to reduce blood cholesterol
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(pharmacology) A particular antilipidemic drug.
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A drug with potential applications in treating hyperlipidemia.
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A particular antilipidemic drug.
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