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Class Anticoagulant Heparin Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)/pulmonary embolism (PE) Atrial fibrillation with embolization Prevention of evolving thrombosis in acute ischemic stroke (IS) Coagulopathies…

Class NMDA receptor antagonist Memantine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Alzheimer dementia (AD) (moderate or severe) Vascular dementia Parkinson’s disease related dementia Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) HIV…

Class Antiepileptic drug (AED) Gabapentin Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Partial-onset seizures with and without secondary generalization (adjunctive for adults and children 12 and older) Partial-onset seizures in…

Class Antineoplastic agent, immunomodulator Mitoxantrone Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Reducing neurologic disability or relapses in patients with secondary progressive, progressive relapsing, or worsening relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS)…

Class Antipsychotic Haloperidol Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Tics in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) Psychotic disorders Short-term treatment of severe behavior problems in children Severe behavioral…

Class Immunosuppressive agent, immunomodulator Glatiramer Acetate Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) For reduction of relapses in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. (RRMS) Clinically isolated syndromes (CIS) Glatiramer Acetate…

Class Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) Indomethacin Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Rheumatoid arthritis Ankylosing spondylitis Osteoarthritis Acute painful shoulder (bursitis, tendinitis) Acute gouty arthritis Migraine, tension-type, and cluster headache…

Class Immunosuppressive agent, immunomodulator Natalizumab Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Reducing neurologic disability or relapses in patients with progressive relapsing, or worsening relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. (MS) Crohn’s disease…

Class Calcium channel blocker Nimodipine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Prevention of vasospasm in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) Hypertension Traumatic brain injury Reversible cerebral vasoconstrictive syndromes Nimodipine How the…

Class Immunomodulator Interferon-Beta Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Reduction of relapses in patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive with relapses) Clinically isolated syndromes…