Drug updates and approvals: 2018 in review

Nurse Pract. 2018 Dec;43(12):23-32. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000547548.63764.6b.

Abstract

In 2018, the FDA approved several new drugs for use in primary care. This article highlights the following new drugs: bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide (Biktarvy); doxylamine succinate and pyridoxine hydrochloride (Bonjesta); erenumab-aooe (Aimovig); lofexidine hydrochloride (Lucemyra); tezacaftor and ivacaftor (Symdeko); and tildrakizumab-asmn (Ilumya).

MeSH terms

  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives
  • Adenine / therapeutic use
  • Alanine
  • Amides
  • Aminophenols / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use
  • Benzodioxoles / therapeutic use
  • Clonidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Clonidine / therapeutic use
  • Doxylamine / analogs & derivatives
  • Doxylamine / therapeutic use
  • Drug Approval*
  • Emtricitabine / therapeutic use
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Indoles / therapeutic use
  • Piperazines
  • Pyridones
  • Pyridoxine / therapeutic use
  • Quinolones / therapeutic use
  • Tenofovir / analogs & derivatives
  • United States
  • United States Food and Drug Administration*

Substances

  • Amides
  • Aminophenols
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Benzodioxoles
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings
  • Indoles
  • Piperazines
  • Pyridones
  • Quinolones
  • tezacaftor
  • ivacaftor
  • bictegravir
  • Doxylamine
  • Tenofovir
  • tildrakizumab
  • tenofovir alafenamide
  • Emtricitabine
  • erenumab
  • Adenine
  • Pyridoxine
  • Clonidine
  • Alanine
  • lofexidine
  • doxylamine succinate