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Abametapir

Abametapir, sold under the brand name Xeglyze, is a medication used for the treatment of head lice infestation in people six months of age and older.[1][2] The most common side effects include skin redness, rash, skin burning sensation, skin inflammation, vomiting, eye irritation, skin itching, and hair color changes.[2] Abametapir is a metalloproteinase inhibitor.[1] Abametapir was approved for medical use in the United States i...

Tofacitinib Citrate

Tofacitinib, sold under the brand Xeljanz among others, is a medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ulcerative colitis.[4][5][6][7] Common side effects include diarrhea, headache, and high blood pressure.[6] Serious side effects may include infections, cancer, and pulmonary embolism.[6][8] In 2019, the safety committee of the European Medicines Agenc...

Tofacitinib Citrate

Tofacitinib, sold under the brand Xeljanz among others, is a medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ulcerative colitis.[4][5][6][7] Common side effects include diarrhea, headache, and high blood pressure.[6] Serious side effects may include infections, cancer, and pulmonary embolism.[6][8] In 2019, the safety committee of the European Medicines Agenc...

Capecitabine

Capecitabine, sold under the brand name Xeloda among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat breast cancer, gastric cancer and colorectal cancer.[1] For breast cancer it is often used together with docetaxel.[2] It is taken by mouth.[2] Common side effects include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, and rashes.[2] Other severe side effects include blood clotting problems, allergic reactions, heart problems su...

Latanoprost

Latanoprost, sold under the brand name Xalatan among others, is a medication used to treat increased pressure inside the eye.[1] This includes ocular hypertension and open angle glaucoma.[1] It is applied as eye drops to the eyes.[1] Onset of effects is usually within four hours, and they last for up to a day.[1] Common side effects include blurry vision, redness of the eye, itchiness, and darkening of the iris.[1&#93...

Dextroamphetamine

Dextroamphetamine (D-AMP)[note 1] is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and an amphetamine enantiomer[note 2] that is prescribed for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy.[17][18] It is also used as an athletic performance and cognitive enhancer, and recreationally as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant. Dextroamphetamine was also used in the past by some countries' military forces to fig...

Tetrabenazine

Tetrabenazine is a drug for the symptomatic treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders. It is sold under the brand names Nitoman and Xenazine among others. On August 15, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of tetrabenazine to treat chorea associated with Huntington's disease. Although other drugs had been used "off label," tetrabenazine was the first approved treatment for Huntington's disease in the U.S.[3] The compound has been known since the 1950...

Orlistat

Orlistat is a drug designed to treat obesity. It is marketed as a prescription drug under the trade name Xenical by Roche in most countries, and is sold over-the-counter as Alli[2] by GlaxoSmithKline in the United Kingdom and the United States.[3] Its primary function is preventing the absorption of fats from the human diet by acting as a lipase inhibitor, thereby reducing caloric intake. It is intended for use in conjunction with a healthcare provider-supervis...

Lefamulin Acetate

Lefamulin, sold under the brand name Xenleta, is an antibiotic medication used it to treat adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.[3][4] It is taken by mouth or by injection into a vein.[3][4][5] Relatively common side effects include diarrhea, nausea, pain at the site of injection, and liver inflammation.[3][6] It is a pleuromutilin antibiotic that inhibits the large su...

Incobotulinumtoxina

Botulinum toxin (BoNT) is a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related species.[1] It prevents the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from axon endings at the neuromuscular junction, thus causing flaccid paralysis.[2] The toxin causes the disease botulism. The toxin is also used commercially for medical and cosmetic purposes. The seven main types of botulinum toxin are named types A to G (A, B, C1, C2, D, E, F and ...

Ozenoxacin

Ozenoxacin, sold under the brand names Ozanex, Ozewid and Xepi, is a quinolone antibiotic used for the treatment of impetigo.[2] A 1% topical cream is approved for treatment of impetigo in Canada[3] and in the United States.[4][5] Ozenoxacin is active against some bacteria that have developed resistance to fluoroquinolone antibiotics.[6] References .mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;l...

Aluminum Chloride

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Eravacycline Dihydrochloride

Eravacycline (TP-434, Xerava) is a synthetic halogenated tetracycline class antibiotic in development by Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals. It is closely related to tigecycline. It has a broad spectrum of activity including many multi-drug resistant strains of bacteria. Phase III studies in complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI)[1] and complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI)[2] were recently completed with mixed results. Eravacycline has been granted fast t...

Telotristat Ethyl

Telotristat ethyl (USAN, brand name Xermelo) is a prodrug of telotristat, which is an inhibitor of tryptophan hydroxylase. It is formulated as telotristat etiprate — a hippurate salt of telotristat ethyl.[1] On February 28, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved telotristat ethyl in combination with somatostatin analog (SSA) therapy for the treatment of adults with diarrhea associated with carcinoid syndrome that SSA therapy alone has inadequately con...

Carbetapentane + Guaifenesin

Pentoxyverine (rINN) or carbetapentane is an antitussive (cough suppressant) commonly used for cough associated with illnesses like common cold. It is sold over-the-counter in the United States as Solotuss,[1] or in combination with other medications, especially decongestants. One such product is Certuss, a combination of guaifenesin and pentoxyverine.[2] The drug is available in the form of drops, suspensions and suppositories.[1][3&...

Rivaroxaban

Rivaroxaban, sold under the brand name Xarelto among others, is an anticoagulant medication (blood thinner) used to treat and prevent blood clots.[6] Specifically it is used to treat deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary emboli and prevent blood clots in atrial fibrillation and following hip or knee surgery.[6] It is taken by mouth.[6] Common side effects include bleeding.[6] Other serious side effects may include spinal hematoma an...