Slentrol/Dirloapide (Got a fat dog?)
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Wow. It's not just anticancer drugs for dogs, there are also "lifestyle" drugs. They think they're people!...
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Palladia/Toceranib (Dog cancer drugs)
Category: Drugs
A few months ago, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor anticancer drug for people, this month, one for dogs....
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 8:29 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
H1N1/Swine Flu/Antivirals Redux
Category: Drugs
Let's take a visit back to May 2006. The DJIA was above 11,000 and would continue to increase for more than a year. The Da Vinci Code was in theaters. Don Rumsfeld would continue to look very polished in his...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 11:17 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sutent/Sunitinib (Cheer up!)
Category: Drugs
Ready for some good news? Just now, Pfizer announced it was stopping Phase 3 trials of a new cancer treatment, Sutent, early - because it was working so well.
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 8:42 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Propranolol (Adrenalin armor)
Category: Drugs
I just read the excellent Not Rocket Science for the first time. He has a nice writeup of the propranolol story that is making the rounds. Some researchers conditioned some subjects to freak out when they saw a picture of...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 8:30 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Levamisole (That's not cocaine)
Category: Drugs
Levamisole is one of those drugs that was discovered quite awhile ago, when we had even less idea what target things were hitting. It's not used often in people these days. What's interesting about it is that it is occasionally...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 9:40 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Loratadine (No more stuffy head)
Category: Drugs
Loratadine is an antihistamine used for treatment of allergies. Its main distinguishing characteristic is that it is nonsedating, because the molecule minimally penetrates the barrier separating the brain from the bloodstream....
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:53 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Cyprodenate (An oddity)
Category: Drugs
Cyprodenate is an old-timey antidote for benzodiazepene overdose:...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:27 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Thujone (Doesn't matter, promise)
Category: Drugs
Absinthe, the storied liquor that Hemingway and other artists drank, was once thought to induce neurological effects far beyond that which could be explained by its alcohol content (which is almost always high - three-digit proof)....
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 10:34 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Nardil/Phenelzine (Hydrazine chases the blues away)
Category: Drugs
As I mentioned yesterday, derivatives of arylethylamines - phenethylamine in particular - are drug targets in depression, but a sophisticated mechanistic understanding remains elusive. When you have some idea what molecule you'd like less of, a favorite trick is to...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:51 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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