Salmeterol is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist drug that is currently prescribed for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD). It is currently available as a dry powder inhaler that releases a powdered form of the drug. Before 2008, it was also available as a metered-dose inhaler (MDI).

Salicylic acid is a monohydroxybenzoic acid, a type of phenolic acid and a beta hydroxy acid. This colorless crystalline organic acid is widely used in organic synthesis and functions as a plant hormone. It is derived from the metabolism of salicin. In addition to being a compound that is chemically similar to but not identical […]

Methaqualone (brand name Quaalude /?kwe?lu?d/) in the USA and Mandrax in the UK is a sedative-hypnotic drug of the quinazolinone class that acts as a general central nervous system depressant. The sedative–hypnotic activity of methaqualone was first noted by Indian researchers in the 1950s and in 1962 methaqualone itself was patented in the US by […]

Carisoprodol is a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant. It is slightly soluble in water and freely soluble in alcohol, chloroform and acetone. The drug’s solubility is practically independent of pH. Carisoprodol is manufactured and marketed in the United States by Meda Pharmaceuticals. under the brand name Soma, and in the United Kingdom and other countries […]

Oxazepam is a tranquilizer member of the benzodiazepine class. Oxazepam is prescribed to treat feelings of tension and anxiety. It is also used to calm patients who are suffering from the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

Lysergic acid diethylamide is an ergoline alkaloid arising from formal condensation of?lysergic acid?with?diethylamine. It has a role as a hallucinogen, a serotonergic agonist and a?dopamine?agonist. It is an ergoline alkaloid, an organic heterotetracyclic compound and a monocarboxylic acid amide. It derives from a?lysergamide.

Secobarbital is a barbiturate derivative. Barbiturates are a class of around 12 compounds derivatised from barbituric acid. They are central nervous system (CNS) depressants and can be used as sedatives, hypnotics, anaesthetics and anti-epileptic drugs.

Methadoneis a rigorously well-tested medication that is safe and efficacious for thetreatment of narcotic withdrawal and dependence. For more than 30 years thissynthetic narcotic has been used to treat opioid addiction. Heroin releasesan excess of dopamine in the body and causes users to need an opiatecontinuously occupying the opioid receptor in the brain. Methadone occupiesthis […]

Ronidazole is an antiprotozoal agent used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of histomoniasis and swine dysentery. It may also have use for the treatment of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats.

Ritodrine (discontinued preparation: Yutopar) is a tocolytic drug, used to stop premature labor. This drug has been removed from the US market, according to FDA Orange Book. It was available in oral tablets or as an injection and was typically used as the hydrochloride salt, ritodrine hydrochloride.