A nitrosourea with antineoplastic activity. Lomustine alkylates and crosslinks DNA, thereby inhibiting DNA and RNA synthesis. This agent also carbamoylates DNA … [Read more...]
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lonafarnib
A synthetic tricyclic derivative of carboxamide with antineoplastic properties. Lonarfanib binds to and inhibits farnesyl transferase, an enzyme involved in … [Read more...]
lonaprisan
An orally bioavailable pentafluoroethyl derivative of a mifepristone-related steroid with antiprogestagenic activity. Lonaprisan is a pure, highly … [Read more...]
loop electrosurgical excision procedure
A technique that uses electric current passed through a thin wire loop to remove abnormal tissue. Also called LEEP and loop excision. … [Read more...]
loop excision
A technique that uses electric current passed through a thin wire loop to remove abnormal tissue. Also called LEEP and loop electrosurgical excision procedure. … [Read more...]
loperamide hydrochloride
The hydrochloride salt form of loperamide, a synthetic, piperidine derivative and opioid agonist with antidiarrheal activity. Loperamide acts on the … [Read more...]
lopinavir
A protease inhibitor used against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Lopinavir competitively inhibits the HIV-1 protease, an enzyme that mediates the cleavage … [Read more...]
lopinavir/ritonavir
A combination of the drugs ritonavir and lopinavir. It is used to treat infection with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS). It is also being studied in the … [Read more...]
Loprox Lotion
(Other name for: ciclopirox olamine lotion) … [Read more...]
lorazepam
A benzodiazepine with anxiolytic, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant, anti-emetic and sedative properties. Lorazepam enhances the effect of the inhibitory … [Read more...]