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Pharmaceuticals in the Orphanage

Agents commonly administered to Eastern European Orphans
Prepared by Karen Hauff, Pharm.D.


Abominum antispasmodic used in the treatment of gastritis and colitis1
Alpha tirroxinum thyrotropinum, thyrotropin or TSH2
Aminalon
(gama aminobutyric acid)
antihypertensive, acts on CNS2
ATP
(adenosine triphosphate)
coenzyme

Baclon
(baclofen)  

used to treat spasticity associated with spinal cord lesions2
Baktysutil see Orobicin
Brulamycin
(tobramycin)
aminoglycoside antibiotic2
Bendazol
(dibasol or tiabendazole)
vasodilator2
Calcium orotate (calcium salt of orotic acid) used in the treatment of hyperuricemia and hypercholesterolemia; also used to treat liver disorders3

Cavinton
(vinpocetine)

used to treat cerebrovascular and cognitive disorders3

Cefamezin
(cefazolin)

first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic2
Cefamid
(cephradine)
a semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic2
Cerebrolysin porcine brain extract used to treat nervous system disorders3
Cinnarizine antiemetic, histamine H1-receptor antagonist3
Citral solution or citric acid solution used to relieve flatulence and assuages pain; ingredient found in herbal remedies used for a variety of disorders3
Complamin
(xanthinol nicotinate)
used to treat hypercholesterolemia, peripheral arterial disorders; cerebral circulatory and metabolic disorders; retinal vascular disorders; Meniere's disease and hearing disorders.3
Diacarb see below

Diamox or Fonurit
(acetazolamide)

carbonic anhydrase inhibitor; diuretic; may be known as diacarb1,3

Dibasol

see Bendazol
Encephabol
(pyritinol)
used to treat rheumatoid arthiritis, cerebral insufficiency, organic brain disorders, migraine and trigeminal neuralgia3
Euphyllin
(aminophylline)
bronchodilator3
Ferrimed
(vitamin B substances, iron polymaltose, folic acid)
used in the treatment of iron-deficiency anemia2
Furagin
(furazidin)
anti-infective agent2
Furanthril or Furantral
(furosemide)
loop diuretic2
Glutamic acid dietary supplement3
Hyalase or Wydase
(hyaluronidase)
adjuvant to increase the absorption and dispersion of other injected drugs or for hypodermoclysis2,3

Limonal

light magnesium carbonate used to treat constipation2

Luminal
(phenobarbital)

anticonvulsant3
Myodocalm
(tolperisone or mydeton)
centrally acting muscle relaxant2
Nicospan
(nicotinic acid)
B-complex vitamin2
Nootropyl or Nootropil
(piracetam)
used in the treatment of mental function impairment in the elderly; cerebral infarction; vertigo; and dyslexia in children2,3
Pancreatin pancreatic enzymes with protease, amylase and lipase activity used to treat pancreatic insufficiency assocated with DV and pancreatitis3
Pantogen
(calcium pantothenate)
component of coenzyne A which is essential for the metabolism of carbohydrate, fat and protein; B-complex vitamin3
Pantogar
(calcium pantothenate; thiamin nitrate; medicinal yest; cystine; keratin; aminobenzoic acid
used to treat disorders of the hair and nails3
Papaverine vasodilator, antispasmodic
Panagin
(aspartic acid)
dietary supplement2
Piracetam see Nootropyl
Pyridoxal phosphate or pyridoxine vitamin B6, which is a water-soluble B-complex vitamin2
Relanium
(diazepam)
long-acting benzodiazepine used as a sedative, anxiolytic and anticonvulsant2
Retrobolin
(nandrolone)
anabolic agent2
Rudotel
(medazepam)
long-acting benzodiazepine similar to diazepam, such as anxiolytic, sedative, anticonvulsant, etc.2,3
Seduxen
(diazepam)
long-acting benzodiazepine used as a sedative, anxiolytic and anticonvulsant2
Trental
(pentoxifylline)
used in the treatment of intermittent claudication associated with peripheral vascular disease2,3
Triampur combination diuretic containing triamterene and hydrochlorthiazide1
Valerian dried rhizome and roots of valeriana officinalis which is used as a sedative4
Verospiron
(spironolactone)
diuretic, aldosterone antagonist2
Wydase see Hyalase
Vertizine
(meclozine)
used in the prevention and treatment of nausea, vomiting and vertigo associated with motion sickness2


REFERENCES
1.    Personal communication with Bella Binkin, a former Russian physician

2.    Swiss Pharmaceutical Society, Ed. Index Nominum International Drug Directory. MedPharm; 1990/1991

3.    Reynolds JEF, Ed. Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th Edition. London: The Pharmaceutical Press; 1993

4.    Budavari S, Ed. The Merck Index, Eleventh Edition. Rahway, NJ: Merck & Co., Inc.; 1989


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