Hesperian Health Guides
Medicine Index
List of Medicines
You can look up the name of a medicine you want to use here to find where in the Medicines Pages you can learn more about it. This list has two different kinds of names—brand (commercial) names in slanted letters like this, and generic (scientific) names. After a brand name, you will see the generic name of that medicine.
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acetaminophen — amoxicillin/clavulanic acid — acetylsalicylic acid — Achromycin tetracycline — Actiprofen ibuprofen — Activated Carbon — activated charcoal — acyclovir — adrenaline — Adrenalin epinephrine — Advil ibuprofen — Alesse birth control pill — Amcil ampicillin — Amen medroxyprogesterone — amoxicillin — Amoxifar amoxicillin — Amoxil amoxicillin — ampicillin — Ampicin ampicillin — Anurhage ergometrine maleate — Anxionil diazepam — APAP paracetamol — ASA aspirin — aspirin — Atarax hydroxyzine — Augmentin amoxicillin/clavulanic acid — Azidothymidine Zidovudine — azithromycin — AzoGantanol cotrimoxazole — AZT Zidovudine
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Bactiderm gentamicin — Bactrim cotrimoxazole — Bectivo diphenhydramine — Benadryl diphenhydramine — Benemid probenecid — benzathine benzylpenicillin — benzylpenicillin — Betapen VK penicillin — bichloroacetic acid — Bicillin L-A benzathine benzylpenicillin — Biocolyn doxycycline — birth control pills — Bisonid isoniazid — Brevicon birth control pill
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Calmpose diazepam — cefixime — ceftriaxone — Celinex benzylpenicillin — cephalexin — Ceporex cephalexin — charcoal — Cilest birth control pill — Ciloxan ciprofloxacin — Cipro ciprofloxacin — Ciprobay ciprofloxacin — ciprofloxacin — Cleocin clindamycin — clindamycin — codeine — Condylox podofilox — Coptin cotrimoxazole — cortisol — cotrimoxazole — Curretab medroxyprogesterone — Cycrin medroxyprogesterone — Cytotec misoprostol
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— Daktarin miconazole — Dalacin clindamycin — Decadron dexamethasone — Decilone dexamethasone — Dermodex nystatin — dexamethasone — Diane birth control pill — diazepam — dicloxacillin — Diflucan fluconazole — diphenhydramine — dolutegravir — Doryx doxycycline — doxycycline — DTG dolutegravir
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Eczacort hydrocortisone — E.E.S. erythromycin — efavirenz — EFV efavirenz — Ella emergency contraception pill — EllaOne emergency contraception pill — Ella I birth control pill — emtricitabine (FTC) — E-Mycin erythromycin — Engerix-B hepatitis B vaccine — epinephrine — Epivir lamivudine — ergometrine maleate — Ergonovine ergometrine maleate — Ergotrate ergometrine maleate — Ery-max erythromycin — erythromycin — estrogen — ethambutol — ethinyl estradiol — Ethril erythromycin — ethinyl estradiol
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Fasigyn tinidazole — Femoden birth control pill — Femulen birth control pill — Flagyl metronidazole — fluconazole — FTC emtricitabine —Fungtopic miconazole — Furadantin nitrofurantoin
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Gantanol cotrimoxazole — Garamycin gentamicin — Genpril ibuprofen — gentamicin — Gynera birth control pill
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Harmonet birth control pill — hepatitis B vaccine — Hi-Do-Pen benzylpenicillin — Himox amoxicillin — Hycotil hydrocortisone — hydrocortisone — hydroxyzine
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ibuprofen — Ilosone erythromycin — Ilotycin erythromycin — INH isoniazid — Inflam dexamethasone — Interbutol ethambutol — Isoniazdum isoniazid — isoniazid — isonicotinic acid hydrazide isoniazid — Isopas pyrazinamide — Iterax hydroxyzine
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lamivudine — LPV/r lopinavir + ritonavir — Liquid Antidote activated charcoal — Lo-Femenal birth control pill — Lo-Ovral birth control pill — Logynon birth control pill — Lutera birth control pill
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Macrobid nitrofurantoin — Macrodantin nitrofurantoin — magnesium sulfate — Marax hydroxyzine — Maxidex dexamethasone — medroxyprogesterone acetate — Megamox amoxicillin — Megestron medroxyprogesterone — Mepergan promethazine — mestranol — Methergine ergometrine maleate — Methoprotostat metronidazole — methylergonovine — metoclopramide — Metro metronidazole — Metroxyn metronidazole — metronidazole — Micatin miconazole — miconazole — Microgynon birth control pill — Microlut birth control pill — Micronor birth control pill — Micronovum birth control pill — Microval birth control pill — Microvlar birth control pill — mifepristone — misoprostol — Monistat miconazole — Monodox doxycycline — Motrin ibuprofen — Myambutol ethambutol — Mycostatin nystatin — Mycrol ethambutol — My-Pam hydroxyzine
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narcotics — Neogest birth control pill — Neogynon birth control pill — nevirapine — Nilstat nystatin — Nitrocephin ceftriaxone — nitrofurantoin — Nizoral ketoconazole — Nordette birth control pill — Norgeston birth control pill|Norgeston birth control pill — Norinyl 1+35 birth control pill — Norinyl 1+50 birth control pill — Norlevo 1.5 emergency pill — Norlevo 0.75 emergency contraception pill — Nuprin ibuprofen — NVP nevirapine — Nystat nystatin — nystatin
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Odetol ethambutol — Odinah isoniazid — Omnipen ampicillin — Optinor emergency contraception pill — Ogestrel birth control pil — Ovral birth control pill — Ovrette birth control pill — Ovysmen 1/35 birth control pill — Oxtimon oxytocin — oxytocin
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Panadol paracetamol — paracetamol — Penadur procaine penicillin — Penbritin ampicillin — penicillin — Penicillin G potassium or sodium benzylpenicillin — PenVee K penicillin — Permapen benzathine penicillin — Phenergan promethazine — phenoxymethyl penicillin — Pitocin oxytocin — Plan B emergency contraception pill — Plan B One-Step emergency pill — Plasil metoclopramide — podofilox — Pologrim cotrimoxazole — Polycillin ampicillin — Postinor-1 emergency birth control pill — Postinor-2 emergency birth control pill — Probalan probenecid — probenecid — progesterone — progestin — promethazine — Provera medroxyprogesterone — pyrazinamide — Pyzamed pyrazinamide — PZA pyrazinamide
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Recombivax HB hepatitis B vaccine — Reglan metoclopramide — Resimin rifampicin — Retrovir Zidovudine — rifampicin, rifampin — rifapentine — Rifapex rifapentine — Rifastat rifampicin — Rocephin ceftriaxone — RU486 mifepristone — Rufen ibuprofen
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Satric metronidazole — Septra cotrimoxazole — Servigenta gentamicin — Simplotan tinidazole — Solu-cortef hydrocortisone — Suprax cefixime — sulfamethoxazole — Sulfatrim cotrimoxazole — Sumoxil amoxicillin — Sumycin tetracycline — Sustive efavirenz — Synphase birth control pill — Syntocinon oxytocin
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Tempra paracetamol — TDF tenofovir|TDF tenofovir — tenofovir — Terramycin tetracycline — tetanus toxoid vaccine — Tetavax tetanus toxoid vaccine — tetracycline — Tetragynon emergency birth control pill — Thaprozine promethazine — Theracine tetracycline — Tindamax tinidazole — tinidazole — TMP/SMX cotrimoxazole — Triambutol ethambutol — trichloroacetic acid — trimethoprim — Trimpex cotrimoxazole — Trinordiol birth control pill — Trinovum birth control pill — Triphasil birth control pill — Triquilar birth control pill — Tylenol paracetamol
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Valium diazepam — Vibra-Tabs doxycycline — Vibramycin doxycycline — Viramune nevirapine — Vistaril hydroxyzine
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ZDV zidovudine — Zidovudine — Zidrid isoniazid — Zinamide pyrazinamide — Zinastat pyrazinamide — Zithromax azithromycin — Zovirax acyclovir