Drugs starting with "A"

ABILIFY

Abilify is drug for - Acute attacks of schizophrenia (treatment and maintenance therapy), acute manic episodes of bipolar disorder first type (treatment), in patients with bipolar disorder first type, recently suffered manic or mixed episode (maintenance therapy).

ACCUPRIL

Accupril is drug for - chronic heart failure and hypertension.

ACCUTANE

Accutane is drug for - Severe forms of acne (nodullyarnaya, defaced acne), purulent spiradenitis, severe forms of rosacea (acne rosacea), congenital ichthyosis, xeroderma pigmentosum. Retinoids are also used to treat severe forms of chronic dermatoses (psoriasis).

ACIPHEX

Duodenal ulcer in the acute stage, stomach ulcer in the acute stage, gastroesophageal reflux disease, erosive reflux, esophagitis (treatment), symptomatic treatment neerozivnoy reflux disease, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome or other conditions characterized by pathological hypersecretion.

ACOMPLIA

Symptoms: up to date information on cases of intentional overdose have been reported. Doses of 80 mg / day were well tolerated by patients. Treatment: specific antidote is known. Rabeprazole is well bound to plasma proteins, and therefore not displayed by dialysis. Recommended holding symptomatic and supportive treatment.

ACTONEL

Paget's disease, treatment and prevention of osteoporosis (postmenopausal, caused by corticosteroids).

AGGRENOX

Suitable for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke (according to the mechanism of thrombosis) and transient ischemic attacks.

ALDACTONE

Hyperaldosteronism (primary and idiopathic), diagnosis of hyperaldosteronism, adrenal adenoma producing aldosterone, edematous syndrome in chronic heart failure, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, nephropathy, pregnancy, hypertension, hypokalemia, as an adjuvant in malignant hypertension, hypokalemia, prevention of hypokalemia in patients receiving cardiac glycosides.

ALDARA

Aldara is used to treat keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, external genital / perianal warts. Actinic keratoses, also known as solar keratoses. Basal cell carcinoma are among the most common forms of skin cancer, and may appear as small nodules or uplifting spot. The external genital / perianal warts (condyloma acuminata) usually appear on the surface of genital organs and around the anus.

ARICEPT

Dementia in Alzheimer's disease (mild to moderate severity) in adults, including older (symptomatic treatment).