Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy -An Introduction

Anti Bacterial Drugs

Sulfonamides

Trimethoprim and Co-trimoxazole

Penicillins

Cephalosporins

Aminoglycosides

Monobactams and Carbapenims

Beta Lactamase Inhibitors, Vancomycin and Clindamycin

Linezolid, Streptogramins, Fusidic Acid, Polymyxin, Bacitracin and Nitrofurantoin

Macrolides

Tetracyclines

Chloramphenicol

Quinolones

Drug Treatment of Tuberculosis

Drug Treatment of Leprosy

Anti Fungal Drugs

Anti Fungal Drugs -An Introduction

Antibiotics Used Against Fungi -Amphotericin B, Griseofulvin and Nystatin

Anti Fungal Drugs -Azoles, Echinocandins, Allylamines and Flucytosine

Anti Viral Drugs

Anti Viral Drugs -An Introduction

DNA Polymerase Inhibitors

Anti Influenza Agents

Anti Retroviral Agents (HAART) -Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Anti Hepatitis Drugs

Anti Parasitic Drugs

Anti Malarial Drugs

• Chloroquine
• Quinine and Quinidine
• Artemisinin, Lumefantrine, Mefloquine, Primaquine, Atovaquone, Proguanil and Pyrimethamine

Anti Amoebic Drugs

• Metronidazole

Antihelminthic Drugs

• Piperazine Citrate and Diethylcarbamazine

Cancer Chemoterapy

Cancer Chemotherapy -An Introduction

Alkylating Agents

Methotrexate, 5-Fluorouracil, Purine Antagonists and Antibiotics Used in Cancer Chemotherapy

Vinca Alkaloids, Taxanes, Epipodophyllotoxins, Camptothecins, Hormones, Anti-hormones, Asparaginase, Monoclonal Antibodies and Cytokines