Infection

Type of Drug: Anthelmintic. Prescribed for: Whipworm, pinworm, roundworm, hookworm, or mixed-worm infections. Mebendazole General Information This drug blocks the mechanism by which susceptible worms get sugar, effectively starving…

Type of Drug: Antiviral. Prescribed for: HIV infection. Lamivudine General Information Lamivudine is a nucleoside-type antiviral that works on HIV in the same way as Zalcitabine (ddC), Zidovudine, Stavudine, and other drugs of this…

Type of Drug: Immune-system modulator. Prescribed for: Duke's stage C colon cancer, together with Fluorouracil. Levamisole is also prescribed for malignant melanoma after surgery in people in whom the disease has not spread.…

Type of Drug: Fluoroquinolone anti-infective. Prescribed for: Lower respiratory infections, skin infections, bone and joint infections, urinary infections (treatment and prevention), infectious diarrhea, lung infections in people with cystic…

Type of Drug: Antifungal. Prescribed for: Thrush and other systemic fungus infections, including candidiasis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis. Ketoconazole may also be prescribed for fungus infections of the skin, fingernails, and vagina.…

Type of Drug: Antiviral Prescribed for: Shingles (herpes zoster infections) General Information Famciclovir is the second antiviral product (after Acyclovir) to be approved for treatment of herpes zoster infection. Famciclovir also…

Type of Drug: Antiviral Prescribed for: HIV infection (AIDS) General Information Didanosine is approved for people with AIDS who have been on long-term Zidovudine treatment and whose disease is continuing to worsen. It is also…

Type of Drug: Fluoroquinolone anti-infective. Prescribed for: Urinary infections and sexually transmitted diseases. Enoxacin does not work against syphilis. General Information The fluoroquinolones are widely used and work against…

Type of Drug: Macrolide antibiotic. Prescribed for: Infections of virtually any part of the body: upper and lower respiratory tract infections; some sexually transmitted diseases; urinary tract infections; infections of the mouth, gums, and…

Type of Drug: Antiviral. Prescribed for: Treatment and prevention of serious, frequently recurring herpes simplex infections of the genitals, mucous membrane tissues, and central nervous system. It also works against shingles (herpes zoster)…