There are many hundreds of thousands of possible drugs. Any chemical substance with biological activity may be considered a drug. This list categorises drugs alphabetically and also by other categorisations. {{List of drugs-Top ----

List of lists of drugs

General

* List of bestselling drugs * List of drugs by year of discovery * List of drugs that can be smoked

By chemical structure

* List of 2C-* drugs * List of benzodiazepines *

List of cocaine analogues This is a list of cocaine analogues. A cocaine analogue is an (usually) artificial construct of a novel chemical compound from (often the starting point of natural) cocaine's molecular structure, with the result product sufficiently similar to co ...

* List of methylphenidate analogues * List of antidepressants * List of DO* drugs *

List of androgen esters This is a list of androgen esters, including esters (as well as ethers) of natural androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and synthetic anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS) like nandrolone (19-nortestosterone). Esters of nat ...

List of corticosteroid esters This is a list of corticosteroid esters, including esters of steroidal glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids. Esters of natural corticosteroids Desoxycortone esters * Desoxycortone acetate (deoxycortone acetate; desoxycorticosterone aceta ...

List of estrogen esters This is a list of estrogen esters, or ester prodrugs of estrogens. It includes esters, as well as ethers, of steroidal estrogens like estradiol, estrone, and estriol and of nonsteroidal estrogens like the stilbestrols diethylstilbestrol and hex ...

* List of tetracyclic antidepressants * List of tricyclic antidepressants * List of substituted α-alkyltryptamines * List of substituted amphetamines * List of substituted benzofurans * List of substituted cathinones * List of substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamines * List of substituted phenethylamines * List of substituted tryptamines

By biological activity

* List of androgens/anabolic steroids * List of anaesthetic drugs * List of antiandrogens *

List of antibiotics The following is a list of antibiotics. The highest division between antibiotics is bactericidal and bacteriostatic. Bactericidals kill bacteria directly, whereas bacteriostatics prevent them from dividing. However, these classifications are based ...

* List of antipsychotics * List of antiviral drugs *

List of corticosteroids This is a list of corticosteroids ( glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids) or derivatives of cortisol (hydrocortisone). Most esters of these corticosteroids are not included in this list; for esters, see here instead. The most common stru ...

List of designer drugs Designer drugs are structural or functional analogues of controlled substances that are designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the parent drug while avoiding detection or classification as illegal. Many of the older designer drugs (resea ...

List of drugs affected by grapefruit A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...

* List of nasal decongestants * List of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug *

List of opioids This is a list of opioids, opioid antagonists and inverse agonists. Opium and poppy straw derivatives Crude opiate extracts whole opium products * B&O Supprettes * Diascordium *Dover's powder * Kendal Black Drop *Laudanum *Mithridate *Op ...

* List of progestogens * List of psychedelic drugs * List of psychotropic medications *

List of selective estrogen receptor modulators This is a list of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). Approved SERMs that have been approved for medical use include anordrin (+mifepristone (Zi Yun)), bazedoxifene ( +conjugated estrogens (Duavee)), broparestrol (Acnestrol), clomi ...

* List of tetracyclic antidepressants * List of tricyclic antidepressants

Investigational

List of investigational analgesics This is a list of investigational analgesics, or analgesics that are currently under development for clinical use but are not yet approved. ''Chemical/generic names are listed first, with developmental code names, synonyms, and brand names in pare ...

List of investigational antidepressants This is a list of investigational antidepressants, or antidepressants that are currently under development for clinical use in the treatment of mood disorders but are not yet approved. ''Chemical/generic names are listed first, with developmental ...

List of investigational antipsychotics This is a list of investigational antipsychotics, or antipsychotics that are currently under development for clinical use but are not yet approved. ''Chemical/generic names are listed first, with developmental code names, synonyms, and brand names ...

List of investigational anxiolytics This is a list of investigational anxiolytics, or anxiolytics that are currently under development for clinical use but are not yet approved. Chemical/generic names are listed first, with developmental code names, synonyms, and brand names in paren ...

* List of investigational hallucinogens and entactogens * List of investigational obsessive–compulsive disorder drugs *

List of investigational sex-hormonal agents This is a list of investigational sex-hormonal agents, or sex-hormonal agents that are currently under development for clinical use but are not yet approved. ''Chemical/generic names are listed first, with developmental code names, synonyms, and br ...

* List of investigational sexual dysfunction drugs *

List of investigational sleep drugs This is a list of investigational sleep drugs, or drugs for the treatment of sleep disorders that are currently under development for clinical use but are not yet approved. ''Chemical/generic names are listed first, with developmental code names, s ...

By medical application

* List of drugs known for off-label use * List of psychiatric medications * List of psychiatric medications by condition treated *

List of veterinary drugs This article lists veterinary pharmaceutical drugs alphabetically by name. Many veterinary drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed more than once. Abbreviations are used in the list as follows: * INN = Internat ...

By other institutional aspects

* List of approved antidepressants *

List of controlled drugs in the United Kingdom These drugs are known in the UK as ''controlled drugs'', because this is the term by which the act itself refers to them. In more general terms, however, many of these drugs are also controlled by the Medicines Act 1968, there are many other drug ...

* List of drugs banned from the Olympics *

List of Schedule I drugs (US) This is the list of Schedule I drugs as defined by the United States Controlled Substances Act. 21 CFRbr>1308.11(CSA Sched I) with changes through (Oct 18, 2012). Retrieved September 6, 2013. The following findings are required for drugs to be pla ...

List of Schedule II drugs (US) This is the list of Schedule II drugs as defined by the United States Controlled Substances Act.21 CFR1308.12(CSA Sched II) with changes through (Oct 18, 2012). Retrieved September 6, 2013. The following findings are required for drugs to be place ...

List of Schedule III drugs (US) This is the list of Schedule III drugs as defined by the United States Controlled Substances Act at and , with modifications through August 22, 2014 (). The following findings are required for drugs to be placed in this schedule: retrieved Septemb ...

List of Schedule IV drugs (US) This is the list of Schedule IV drugs as defined by the United States Controlled Substances Act.21 CFR1308.14(CSA Sched IV) with changes through (Oct 18, 2012). Retrieved September 6, 2013. The following findings are required for drugs to be plac ...

List of Schedule V drugs (US) This is the list of Schedule V drugs as defined by the United States Controlled Substances Act.21 CFR1308.15(CSA Sched V) with changes through (Oct 18, 2012). Retrieved September 6, 2013. The following findings are required for drugs to be placed ...

* List of withdrawn drugs * List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines