What is Garlic Allium sativum Garlic is a dietary supplement derived from the bulb of Allium sativum, family Liliaceae. It can be regarded simultaneously as a food and a medicinal herb and has been used as such since the times of the Egyptian pharoahs and the earliest Chinese dynasties. Garlic is composed of many natural sulfur …
Ganirelix Brand Name– Antagon | Ganirelix What is Ganirelix Ganirelix is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist. It is indicated for inhibiting premature leuteinizing hormone (LH) surges in women undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with FSH and HCG, followed by subsequent assisted insemination or reproductive technology (ART) procedures. The main advantage of GnRH antagonists versus GnRH agonists (e.g., …
Ganciclovir Brand Names Cytovene | Vitrasert | Zirgan What is Ganciclovir Ganciclovir is a synthetic, purine nucleoside analog used for the treatment and prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections. An ophthalmic gel is used for the treatment of herpetic keratitis In addition, ganciclovir has been shown to be active against other viruses, including herpes simplex, varicella zoster, and …
Galsulfase Brand Name– Naglazyme What is Galsulfase Galsulfase is a variant of N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase, a polymorphic human enzyme. Galsulfase, a 56kD glycoprotein, is produced by recombinant DNA technology in a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell expression system. The recombinant protein has six asparagine-linked glycosylation sites, four of which carry a bis-mannose-6-phosphate manose7 oligosaccharide, for specific cellular recognition …
Gallium Ga 68 Dotatate Brand Name– NETSPOT What is Gallium Ga 68 Dotatate Gallium Ga 68 dotatate is a radioactive diagnostic agent for use with positron emission tomography (PET) for localization of somatostatin receptor positive neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) in adults and pediatric patients. NETs are rare benign or malignant tumors that develop in the hormone-producing …
Gallium Brand Name– Ganite What is Gallium Gallium nitrate is a hydrated nitrate salt of the group IIIa element, gallium; the drug functions as a bone resorption inhibitor. Gallium was initially investigated as an antineoplastic drug during which time its hypocalcemic effects were discovered. As compared with calcitonin or etidronate, the effect of gallium nitrate …
Galcanezumab Brand Name– Emgality What is Galcanezumab Galcanezumab is an injectable calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) antagonist indicated for migraine prophylaxis and treatment of episodic cluster headache in adults. In clinical trials of patients with episodic migraine, monthly migraine days were significantly reduced from baseline by 4.3 to 4.7 days at 6 months in galcanezumab-treated patients …