Thread: Other Uses of Common Drugs

You know the common usage of these drugs... Let us learn the other uses of the common drug:

Choloroquine:

Used in Malaria

Other uses:

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* Amebic Liver Abcess
* Rheumatoid Arthritis
* Discoid LE (LE Panniculitis)
* Solar Urticaria
* Lepra Reaction
* Infectious Mononucliosis(sympomatic relief)
* Prphyria cutanea tarda[/HIDE]

Dapsone

Used in Leprosy

Other Uses:

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* Dermatitis herpetiformis
* Malaria
* Pustular psoriasis
* Toxoplasmosis
* Pneumocystitis Carnii[/hide]

Nifidipine

Used in Hypertension

Other uses

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* Acalasia Cardia
* Preterm Labour
* Angina
* Primary Pulmonary Hypertension[/hide]

Verapamil

Used in SVT

Other uses

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* Hypertension
* Angina
* Nocturnal Cramps
* Raynaud's episodes
* Decrease Hb S in Sickle cell Anemia
* CREST Syndrome
* Increase sensitivity to Antimalaria & Anti cancer Drugs[/hide]

Rifampicin

Used in Tuberculosis

Other Use:

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* Leprosy
* Brucellosis
* Menigococci Prophylaxis
* H.influenza meningitis prophylaxis
* Increase effect of Amphotricin B
* Methicillin Resistant Staph
* Diphtheriod & Legionella
* Acanthamoeba[/hide]

More drugs wil soon follow...

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Indomethacin

Used as Analgesic

Other uses:

* ACE Inhibitor induced cough
* PDA closure
* Acute Gout
* Malignancy associated fever
* Bartter's syndrome
* Sun burns
* Nephrogenic Diabetes Incipidus
* Secretory Diarrhoea due to Medullary Ca of thyroid and Villous adenoma

Penicillamine

Used as Chelator


Other uses:

* Scleroderma
* Rheumatic arthritis
* Wilsons Disease
* Cystinosis

Colchicine

Used in Gout

Other uses:

* Rheumatoid arthritis
* Amylodosis
* Familial Maditerranian Fever
* Chirrosis
* Bechet's disease