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Hemamalini has completed Bachelor of Pharmacy from Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R Medical university. Her area of interests are Pharmacovigilance, medical writing, clinical research. She is currently working on the drug section.
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Trifluperidol
Trifluperidol generic Trifluperidol is prescribed for the treatment of psychoses including mania and schizophrenia. It is mostly used in positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Trifluperidol is a typical antipsychotic that belongs to the butyrophenone chemical class. It was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1959.
Triclabendazole
Triclabendazole generic Triclabendazole is an anthelmintic and the drug of choice recommended by the World Health Organization for the treatment of fascioliasis (a parasitic worm infection caused by the common liver flukes Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica It is a benzimidazole compound that is active against immature and adult Fasciola parasites. It is also used to treat another food-borne parasitic infection known as paragonimiasis caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani Triclabendazole is widely used only in developing countries and is not directly approved by the FDA for use in the US. It can be distributed in the US through a special arrangement with the FDA and the manufacturer on an individual patient approval basis.
Erenumab-aooe
Erenumab-aooe generic Erenumab-aooe injection is prescribed to prevent migraine headaches in adult patients. Erenumab-aooe is a human immunoglobulin G2 monoclonal antibody that works by specifically blocking the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRP) which is responsible for causing a migraine.
Lofexidine
Lofexidine generic Lofexidine is a centrally acting α-2 adrenergic receptor agonist, prescribed for reducing the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms in adults, with the focus to facilitate the abrupt discontinuation of opioids or following the completion of opioid therapy. Lofexidine is the first non-opioid drug approved for the symptomatic management of opioid withdrawal. Lofexidine is also used for treating women suffering from postmenopausal hot flashes .
Fostamatinib
Fostamatinib generic Fostamatinib is a spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor prescribed to treat adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who have showed a loss of response or failure to the previous treatment schedule. Fostamatinib works by inhibiting the enzyme spleen tyrosine kinase associated with inflammatory cells including macrophages believed to be responsible for ITP platelet clearance. It is developed by Rigel pharmaceuticals as fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate oral tablets.
