N07A Parasympathomimetics

N07AA Anticholinesterases

:N07AA01 Neostigmine :N07AA02 Pyridostigmine :N07AA03 Distigmine :N07AA30

Ambenonium Ambenonium (as ambenonium dichloride, trade name Mytelase) is a cholinesterase inhibitor Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), also known as anti-cholinesterase, are chemicals that prevent the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine or b ...

:N07AA51 Neostigmine, combinations

N07AB Choline esters

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Carbachol Carbachol, also known as carbamylcholine and sold under the brand name Miostat among others, is a cholinomimetic drug that binds and activates acetylcholine receptors. Thus it is classified as a cholinergic agonist. It is primarily used for var ...

:N07AB02 Bethanechol

N07AX Other parasympathomimetics

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Pilocarpine Pilocarpine is a medication used to reduce pressure inside the eye and treat dry mouth. As eye drops it is used to manage angle closure glaucoma until surgery can be performed, ocular hypertension, primary open angle glaucoma, and to bring abou ...

:N07AX02 Choline alfoscerate :N07AX03

Cevimeline Cevimeline (trade name Evoxac) is a synthetic analog of the natural alkaloid muscarine with a particular agonistic effect on M1 and M3 receptors. It is used in the treatment of dry mouth and Sjögren's syndrome. Medical uses Cevimeline is us ...

N07B Drugs used in addictive disorders

N07BA Drugs used in
nicotine Nicotine is a natural product, naturally produced alkaloid in the nightshade family of plants (most predominantly in tobacco and ''Duboisia hopwoodii'') and is widely used recreational drug use, recreationally as a stimulant and anxiolytic. As ...
dependence

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Nicotine Nicotine is a natural product, naturally produced alkaloid in the nightshade family of plants (most predominantly in tobacco and ''Duboisia hopwoodii'') and is widely used recreational drug use, recreationally as a stimulant and anxiolytic. As ...

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Varenicline Varenicline (trade name Chantix and Champix) is a medication used for smoking cessation. Varenicline is also used for the treatment of dry eye disease. The most common side-effects include nausea (feeling sick), insomnia (difficulty sleeping), a ...

:N07BA04 Cytisinicline

N07BB Drugs used in
alcohol dependence Alcohol dependence is a previous (DSM-IV and ICD-10) psychiatric diagnosis in which an individual is physically or psychologically dependent upon alcohol (also chemically known as ethanol). In 2013, it was reclassified as alcohol use disorde ...

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Disulfiram Disulfiram is a medication used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, causing many of the effects of ...

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Calcium carbimide Calcium carbimide, sold as the citrate salt (chemistry), salt under the trade name Temposil, is a disulfiram-like drug, disulfiram-like medication. Its effects are similar to the medication disulfiram (Antabuse) in that it interferes with the nor ...

:N07BB03 Acamprosate :N07BB04 Naltrexone :N07BB05

Nalmefene Nalmefene is an opioid antagonist medication used in the management of opioid overdose and alcohol dependence. It is taken by mouth. Nalmefene is an opiate derivative similar in both structure and activity to the opioid antagonist naltrexone. ...

N07BC Drugs used in opioid dependence

:N07BC01 Buprenorphine :N07BC02 Methadone :N07BC03

Levacetylmethadol Levacetylmethadol (INN), levomethadyl acetate (USAN), OrLAAM (trade name) or levo-α-acetylmethadol (LAAM) is a synthetic opioid similar in structure to methadone. It has a long duration of action due to its active metabolites. Medical uses LAA ...

:N07BC04 Lofexidine :N07BC05

Levomethadone Levomethadone, sold under the brand name L-Polamidon among others, is a synthetic opioid analgesic and antitussive which is marketed in Europe and is used for pain management and in opioid maintenance therapy. In addition to being used as a ph ...

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Diamorphine Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. Various white and brown ...

:N07BC51 Buprenorphine, combinations

N07C Anti vertigo preparations

N07CA Antivertigo preparations

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Betahistine Betahistine, sold under the brand name Serc among others, is an anti-vertigo medication. It is commonly prescribed for balance disorders or to alleviate vertigo symptoms. It was first registered in Europe in 1970 for the treatment of Ménière' ...

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Cinnarizine Cinnarizine is an antihistamine and calcium channel blocker of the diphenylmethylpiperazine group. It is prescribed for nausea and vomiting due to motion sickness or other sources such as chemotherapy, vertigo, or Ménière's disease. Cinnarizin ...

:N07CA03 Flunarizine :N07CA04

Acetylleucine Acetylleucine is a modified amino acid used in the treatment of vertigo and cerebellar ataxia. Acetylleucine is also being developed as a possible treatment for several neurological disorders by IntraBio Inc. Clinical trials with acetylleucine ...

:N07CA52 Cinnarizine, combinations

N07X Other nervous system drugs

N07XA
Ganglioside A ganglioside is a molecule composed of a glycosphingolipid (ceramide and oligosaccharide) with one or more sialic acids (e.g. ''N''-acetylneuraminic acid, NANA) linked on the sugar chain. NeuNAc, an acetylated derivative of the carbohydrate sia ...
s and ganglioside derivatives

N07XX Other nervous system drugs

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Tirilazad Tirilazad is a drug that has been proposed to treat acute ischaemic stroke A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and ...

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Riluzole Riluzole is a medication used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases. Riluzole delays the onset of ventilator-dependence or tracheostomy in some people and may increase survival by two to three months. Riluzole is ...

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Xaliproden Xaliproden (codenamed SR57746) is a drug which acts as a 5HT1A agonist. It has neurotrophic and neuroprotective effects ''in vitro'', and has been proposed for use in the treatment of several neurodegenerative conditions including amyotrophic ...

:N07XX04 Sodium oxybate :N07XX05

Amifampridine Amifampridine is used as a drug, predominantly in the treatment of a number of rare muscle diseases. The free base form of the drug has been used to treat congenital myasthenic syndromes and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) through expa ...

:N07XX06 Tetrabenazine :N07XX07 Fampridine :N07XX08 Tafamidis :N07XX10

Laquinimod Laquinimod is an experimental immunomodulator developed by Active Biotech and Teva. It is being investigated as an oral treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Laquinimod is the successor of Active Biotech's failed experimental immunomodulator li ...

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Pitolisant Pitolisant, sold under the brand name Wakix among others, is a medication for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in adults with narcolepsy. It is a histamine 3 (H3) receptor antagonist/inverse agonist. It represents the first commercia ...

:N07XX12 Patisiran :N07XX13

Valbenazine Valbenazine, sold under the trade name Ingrezza, is a medication used to treat tardive dyskinesia. For label updates seFDA index page for NDA 209241/ref> It acts as a vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor. Medical use Valbenazine i ...

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Edaravone Edaravone, sold under the brand name Radicava among others, is a medication used to treat stroke and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It is given by intravenous infusion and Oral administration, by mouth. The most common side effects includ ...

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Inotersen Inotersen, sold under the brand name Tegsedi, is a 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl) (2'-MOE) antisense oligonucleotide medication used for the treatment of nerve damage in adults with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis. The sequence is TCTTG GT ...

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Deutetrabenazine Deutetrabenazine (trade name Austedo) is a vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibitor which is used for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease and tardive dyskinesia. Chemically, deutetrabenazine is an isotopic isomer of ...

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Arimoclomol Arimoclomol (INN; originally codenamed BRX-345, which is a citrate salt formulation of BRX-220) is an experimental drug developed by CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company based in Los Angeles, California. In 2011 the worldwide rights to ...

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Dextromethorphan Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a medication most often used as a cough suppressant in over-the-counter cold and cough medicines. It is sold in syrup, tablet, spray, and lozenge forms. In 2022, the FDA approved a formulation of it combined with bu ...

, combinations

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