Medicines & Drug Database A–Z
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Acetaminophen
Generic: AcetaminophenPain relief, fever reduction
Acetaminophen calms inflammation and blocks chemical pain signals in the nervous system to deliver targeted relief from aches, fever, and stiffness.
Albuterol
Generic: AlbuterolTreat or prevent bronchospasm
Albuterol relaxes the tight muscular bands surrounding constricted airways in your lungs, opening air passages within minutes to restore easy breathing during asthma or COPD flare-ups.
Allopurinol
Generic: AllopurinolPrevent gout attacks
Allopurinol works at the cellular level to correct underlying biochemical imbalances, reduce clinical symptoms, and support overall health.
Alprazolam
Generic: AlprazolamTreat anxiety and panic disorders
Alprazolam works at the cellular level to correct underlying biochemical imbalances, reduce clinical symptoms, and support overall health.
Amlodipine
Generic: AmlodipineTreat high blood pressure
Amlodipine relaxes and widens tight arterial blood vessels by regulating calcium movement into muscle cells, lowering blood pressure and relieving chest angina.
Amoxicillin
Generic: AmoxicillinTreat bacterial infections
Amoxicillin destroys bacteria by sabotaging their ability to construct protective cell walls. As bacteria divide, their cell walls weaken and pop under fluid pressure, curing the bacterial infection.
Amoxicillin and Potassium Clavulanate
Generic: Amoxicillin Trihydrate and Potassium ClavulanateIndicated for severe or recurrent acute otitis media, acute bacterial sinusitis, community-acquired pneumonia, acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, uncomplicated and complicated urinary tract infections (pyelonephritis, recurrent cystitis), skin and soft-tissue infections (cellulitis, animal bites, severe dental abscesses), and intra-abdominal or pelvic infections.
This medicine combines two active agents that work together as a powerful antibacterial team: Amoxicillin attacks and breaks down the bacterial cell wall, causing bacteria to rupture and die. Potassium Clavulanate acts as an enzyme shield, disarming the chemical weapons (beta-lactamase enzymes) that resistant bacteria produce to destroy antibiotics. By neutralizing bacterial resistance, the combination cures deep and persistent infections.
Aspirin
Generic: AspirinPain relief, prevent heart attacks
At low doses, Aspirin permanently deactivates the sticky chemical signals inside platelets, keeping blood flowing smoothly and preventing heart attacks and ischemic strokes.
Atenolol
Generic: AtenololTreat high blood pressure
Atenolol relaxes tight blood vessels and supports regular cardiac pumping, keeping blood pressure within a healthy range and protecting heart health.
Atorvastatin
Generic: AtorvastatinLower cholesterol
Atorvastatin shuts down the liver enzyme that manufactures bad LDL cholesterol, prompting the liver to clear existing cholesterol out of the bloodstream, preventing arterial plaques and cardiovascular events.
Azithromycin
Generic: AzithromycinTreat bacterial infections
Azithromycin stops bacteria from growing and multiplying by jamming their protein-building machinery. Without essential proteins, bacteria cannot survive.
Baclofen
Generic: BaclofenRelieve muscle spasms
Baclofen works at the cellular level to correct underlying biochemical imbalances, reduce clinical symptoms, and support overall health.
Benazepril
Generic: BenazeprilTreat high blood pressure
Benazepril relaxes tight blood vessels and supports regular cardiac pumping, keeping blood pressure within a healthy range and protecting heart health.
Bisoprolol
Generic: BisoprololTreat high blood pressure
Bisoprolol relaxes tight blood vessels and supports regular cardiac pumping, keeping blood pressure within a healthy range and protecting heart health.
Budesonide
Generic: BudesonideControl asthma or Crohn's
Budesonide works at the cellular level to correct underlying biochemical imbalances, reduce clinical symptoms, and support overall health.
Bupropion
Generic: BupropionTreat depression, smoking cessation
Bupropion works at the cellular level to correct underlying biochemical imbalances, reduce clinical symptoms, and support overall health.
Cefpodoxime Proxetil
Generic: Cefpodoxime ProxetilIndicated for acute community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB), acute maxillary sinusitis, acute otitis media, streptococcal pharyngitis/tonsillitis, uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections, and uncomplicated urinary tract infections (acute cystitis and uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis).
Cefpodoxime is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic that kills bacteria by preventing them from building their protective cell walls. By inactivating bacterial penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), it causes the bacterial wall to crack, leak, and burst under internal osmotic pressure, rapidly clearing bacterial infections of the chest, throat, ears, sinuses, and urinary tract.
Cefuroxime Axetil
Generic: Cefuroxime AxetilIndicated for acute bacterial maxillary sinusitis, acute otitis media, pharyngitis/tonsillitis, acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, secondary bacterial infections of acute bronchitis, uncomplicated skin and skin-structure infections, uncomplicated urinary tract infections, and early Lyme disease (erythema migrans).
Cefuroxime is a second-generation antibiotic that destroys bacteria by breaking down their protective cell wall. It binds to essential bacterial enzymes (penicillin-binding proteins) that lock cell wall components together. Without this protective barrier, bacteria cannot survive and rupture, eradicating stubborn lung, sinus, ear, and Lyme disease infections.
Celecoxib
Generic: CelecoxibRelieve pain and inflammation
Celecoxib calms inflammation and blocks chemical pain signals in the nervous system to deliver targeted relief from aches, fever, and stiffness.
Cephalexin
Generic: Cephalexin (Cefalexin)First-line therapy for skin and soft tissue infections (cellulitis, impetigo, folliculitis, furuncles, wound infections), streptococcal pharyngitis/tonsillitis, uncomplicated urinary tract infections (acute cystitis), acute otitis media, and bone infections (osteomyelitis) caused by susceptible organisms.
Cephalexin works by disabling the enzymes bacteria need to build and maintain their strong cellular outer walls. As the bacteria attempt to grow and divide without intact peptidoglycan mesh, their cell wall breaks down and bursts due to internal fluid pressure, killing the bacteria and curing the infection.
Cetirizine
Generic: Cetirizine HydrochlorideRelief of symptoms associated with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis (sneezing, rhinorrhea, nasal itching, itchy watery eyes) and uncomplicated skin manifestations of chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives).
Cetirizine blocks histamine, the natural allergic substance released during pollen or dust exposure, relieving sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, and hives without causing heavy drowsiness.
Ciprofloxacin
Generic: Ciprofloxacin HydrochlorideComplicated urinary tract infections, pyelonephritis, infectious bacterial diarrhea, typhoid fever, intra-abdominal infections, bone and joint infections, and anthrax post-exposure prophylaxis.
Ciprofloxacin halts bacterial infections by disabling the vital enzymes bacteria require to unwind, copy, and repair their genetic DNA code.
Citalopram
Generic: CitalopramTreat depression
Citalopram works at the cellular level to correct underlying biochemical imbalances, reduce clinical symptoms, and support overall health.
Clonazepam
Generic: ClonazepamTreat seizures and panic disorder
Clonazepam works at the cellular level to correct underlying biochemical imbalances, reduce clinical symptoms, and support overall health.
