Category: Pharmacology

Solesta: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Solesta Generic name: dextranomer and sodium hyaluronate Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Solesta? Solesta is a prescription medicine that is used to help with controlling bowel movements. Description Solesta consists of dextranomer microspheres, 50 mg/mL, and stabilized sodium hyaluronate, 15 mg/mL, in phosphate-buffered 0.9% sodium chloride solution. Solesta is a sterile, viscous, biocompatible […]

Signifor LAR: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Signifor LAR is a prescription medicine used to treat people with acromegaly for whom surgery has not worked well enough or who cannot have surgery and Cushing’s disease for whom surgery has not worked well enough or who cannot have surgery.

Siliq: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Siliq Generic name: brodalumab Drug class: Interleukin inhibitors Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Siliq? Siliq is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who may benefit from taking injections or pills (systemic therapy) or phototherapy (ultraviolet light treatment), and who have not responded or lost response to other […]

Silenor: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Silenor Generic name: doxepin Drug classes: Miscellaneous anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics, Tricyclic antidepressants Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Silenor? Silenor is a prescription medicine that is used to treat people who have trouble staying asleep. Description SILENOR (doxepin) is available in 3 mg and 6 mg strength tablets for oral administration. Each tablet contains 3.39 […]

Sarclisa: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Sarclisa Generic name: isatuximab-irfc Dosage form: injection, for intravenous use Drug class: CD38 monoclonal antibodies Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Sarclisa? Sarclisa is a prescription medicine used in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone to treat adults who have received at least 2 prior therapies, including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor, to treat multiple myeloma. It is […]

Sacrosidase: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Sacrosidase Generic name: sacrosidase Brand name: Sucraid Dosage form: oral solution (8500 intl units/mL) Drug class: Digestive enzymes Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is sacrosidase? Sacrosidase is a prescription medicine that is used to treat sucrase deficiency. Description Sacrosidase is an enzyme with the chemical name of β,D-fructofuranoside fructohydrolase. The enzyme is derived from baker’s yeast […]

Salagen: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Salagen Generic name: pilocarpine (oral) Drug class: Cholinergic agonists Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Salagen used for? Salagen is a prescription medicine that is used to treat dry mouth. Description SALAGEN® Tablets contain pilocarpine hydrochloride, a cholinergic agonist for oral use. Pilocarpine hydrochloride is a hygroscopic, odorless, bitter tasting white crystal or powder which is […]