Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine Live Brand Name– DENGVAXIA What is Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine Live Dengue tetravalent vaccine, live is a vaccine indicated for the prevention of dengue disease caused by dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4 in patients 9 to 16 years of age with laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and living in endemic areas. …
Demeclocycline Brand Name– Declomycin What is Demeclocycline Demeclocycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. It is classified as intermediate in action duration between tetracycline and doxycycline, although this classification scheme is somewhat artificial since tetracycline can be dosed at longer intervals than usually occurs in clinical practice. Although demeclocycline has activity similar to the other tetracyclines, its …
Delavirdine Brand Name– Rescriptor What is Delavirdine Delavirdine is an oral, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) indicated for the treatment of HIV infection in patients 16 years and older. Delavirdine MUST always be administered in combination with other antiretroviral medications, as resistance develops rapidly when delavirdine is administered as monotherapy. The main toxicity associated with …
Delafloxacin Brand Name– Baxdela What is Delafloxacin Delafloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic approved in adults for oral or intravenous use in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to susceptible bacteria. Disabling and potentially irreversible serious adverse reactions associated with quinolones include tendinitis, tendon rupture, peripheral …
Degarelix Brand Names- Degarelix | Firmagon What is Degarelix Degarelix acetate is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist with weak histamine-releasing potential and profound testosterone suppression. It is indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced prostate cancer. The only other GnRH receptor antagonist that has been approved for the treatment of prostate cancer, abarelix, had …
Deflazacort Brand Name– EMFLAZA What is Deflazacort Deflazacort is an oral corticosteroid indicated for the treatment of patients 2 years of age and older with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is the most common type of muscular dystrophy and is caused by an absence of dystrophin, a protein that helps keep muscle cells intact. Affected …
Defibrotide Brand Name– Defitelio What is Defibrotide Defibrotide is indicated for the treatment of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD), also called sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (SOS), with renal or pulmonary dysfunction following hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) in adult and pediatric patients. Untreated hepatic VOD/SOS with multi-organ failure is associated with more than 80% mortality. Defibrotide has been …