Kerala State Drug Formulary.pdf

Antiretroviral drugs ......................................................... 88
Antimalarial drugs ........................................................... 91
Antiamoebic and other antiprotozoal drugs ........................... 95
Anthelmintic drugs .......................................................... 99
Antifilarial drugs ............................................................ 101
SECTION – 5: ANTIMIGRAINE DRUGS .................................. 103
Treatment for acute migraine attack .................................. 103
Migraine prophylaxis....................................................... 104
SECTION – 6: ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS ............................... 105
Alkylating agents ........................................................... 105
Antimetabolites ............................................................. 107
Cytotoxic antibiotics ...................................................... 110
Taxanes ...................................................................... 113
Mitotic inhibitors .......................................................... 113
Miscellaneous agents ...................................................... 114
Hormones and hormonal antagonists ................................... 115
Biological response modifiers ............................................ 117
Targeted agents ............................................................ 117
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors ............................................... 118
Bisphosphonates ........................................................... 118
Cytoprotective agents .................................................... 119
Antiemetics used in cancer chemotherapy ......................... 119
SECTION – 7 : ANTIPARKINSONIAN DRUGS ........................... 120
SECTION – 8: DRUGS ACTING ON BLOOD AND
BLOOD FORMING ORGANS ............................................... 127
Antianaemic drugs ......................................................... 127
Drugs affecting coagulation .............................................. 128
Haemolytic anaemias ...................................................... 131
Haemoglobinopathies ...................................................... 131
Iron chelating drugs ....................................................... 132
Drugs used in Leukaemias ................................................ 133
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