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Class Ergot Dihydroergotamine (DHE) Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Acute migraine treatment Acute cluster headache treatment Status migrainosus Dihydroergotamine (DHE) How the Drug Works Agonism of 5-HT1B and…

Class Antiplatelet agent Clopidogrel Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Recent myocardial infarction (MI), recent ischemic stroke, or established peripheral arterial disease as secondary prevention Acute coronary syndrome Prevention…

Class Antipsychotic Clozapine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Schizophrenia Recent suicidal behavior in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder Psychosis in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) or dementia…

Class Triptan Eletriptan Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Migraine Eletriptan How the Drug Works Selective 5-HT1 receptor agonist, working predominantly at the B, D and F receptor subtypes….

Class Immunosuppressive agent, immunomodulator Cyclosporine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients with allogenic 1 kidney, liver, and heart transplants Rheumatoid arthritis Psoriasis Myasthenia…

Class Skeletal muscle relaxant, centrally acting Cyclobenzaprine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Muscle spasm Neck pain/lower back pain Myofascial pain Fibromyalgia Cyclobenzaprine How the Drug Works A tricyclic…

Class Neuromuscular drug; skeletal muscle relaxant, direct acting Dantrolene Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Chronic spasticity Malignant hyperthermia (MT) Exercise-induced muscle pain Heat stroke Neuroleptic malignant syndrome Dantrolene…

Class Immunosuppressant, immunomodulator Cyclophosphamide Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Treatment of malignancies, including lymphomas (lymphocytic, mixed-cell type, histiocytic, Burkitt’s, and Hodgkin’s disease), disseminated neuroblastoma, ovarian adenocarcinoma and breast…

Class Cholinesterase inhibitor, peripheral Edrophonium Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Myasthenia gravis (MG) – diagnostic test Curare antagonist (to reverse respiratory depression) Edrophonium How the Drug Works Improves…

Class Antiadrenergic, alpha-2 agonist Clonidine Commonly Prescribed for (FDA approved in bold) Hypertension Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) Tics Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Restless legs syndrome (RLS) Neuropathic…