Active Ingredients

The active ingredient famotidine belongs to the H2 antihistamines. It is used to treat gastric diseases and reduces gastric acid secretion.

Zuclopenthixol is a neuroleptic that is used to treat various mental illnesses such as acute schizophrenia. It inhibits the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine in the human brain and, as a result, unfolds one

Pentostatin is an active pharmaceutical ingredient that belongs to the group of antimetabolites and is used in the treatment of hairy cell leukemia. The hairy cell leukemia is characterized by an abnormality of the lymphocytes and is among other things

Dipyridamole is an active ingredient from the group of platelet aggregation inhibitors. The drug is primarily used for the prophylaxis of strokes.

Repaglinide is an active ingredient that is used in type 2 diabetes mellitus when dietary measures, weight reduction and physical exercise do not sufficiently lower blood sugar. About an inhibition of the potassium channels

Propafenone is a well-known active ingredient that is used to fight cardiac arrhythmias. Due to its chemical and pharmacological properties, propafenone is assigned to the class of antiarrhythmic drugs. The drug is

The active ingredient flecainide is counted among the antiarrhythmics. It is used to treat cardiac arrhythmias.

Midodrin, known under the trade name Gutron®, is used as a medicine to treat orthostatic hypotension (low blood pressure). It is a so-called prodrug, the breakdown product of which (desglymidodrin) is the actual active ingredient.

Labetalol is a drug used to treat high blood pressure. It is effective as both an alpha and a beta blocker. Labetalol is effectively used in the therapy of hyperintensive emergencies, in postoperative hypertension, phächromozotom-associated

Fentanyl pain relievers are some of the most powerful pain relievers available at pharmacies. The active ingredient comes u. a. for use against rheumatism and cancer as well as for surgical interventions. It can be in different

Suxamethonium or succinylcholine is a depolarizing muscle relaxant, which is related to acetylcholine. It is used in anesthesia to induce temporary relaxation of the muscles. It works on the nicotinic Ach receptor

Desipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant. It is used in the therapy of depression. However, the drug is currently no longer available in many countries and can no longer be prescribed.

Moclobemide is an antidepressant from the group of MAO inhibitors (monoamine oxidase inhibitors). It is used in the treatment of depressive illnesses (phases of major depression). Moclobemide is also used for anxiety disorders and psychoses

Mitomycin C, often referred to simply as mitomycin, is used as a cytotoxic antibiotic. It belongs to the group of mitomycins and is the only approved chemotherapeutic agent of this group.

Mefloquine is an active ingredient that is used to treat and prevent malaria. Due to its severe side effects, the manufacturer has stopped selling the drug in Germany.

Sotalol is a pharmacological agent that belongs to the beta blocker category. The drug is primarily used to treat cardiac arrhythmias. Sotalol is a special one

Disopyramide is an antiarrhythmic. It is therefore used in particular for drug therapy for cardiac arrhythmias. The active ingredient disopyramide is similar to the drugs procainamide and quinidine. The

Guanethidine is a drug that is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and in local anesthesia to numb certain nerves. The main pharmaceutical producer of guanethidine is Alcon, which

Thiethylperazine is a medicinal substance that belongs to the phenothiazines. Thiethylperazine is an antiemetic and is therefore suitable for the medicinal treatment of vomiting, nausea and attacks of dizziness. There is also thiethylperazine

5-aminolevulinic acid, also known as 5-ALA, is an amino acid that belongs to the group of ketocarboxylic acids. In humans, it occurs as an intermediate in heme synthesis. As a drug, 5-aminolevulinic acid is used in the local treatment of actinic