List of sulfonamides explained

This is a list of sulfonamides used in medicine.

Antimicrobials

Short-acting^[1]

• Sulfacetamide
• Sulfadiazine
• Sulfadimidine
• Sulfafurazole (sulfisoxazole)
• Sulfisomidine (sulfaisodimidine)
• Sulfaguanidine

Intermediate-acting

• Sulfamethoxazole
• Sulfamoxole
• Sulfanitran

Long-acting

• Sulfadimethoxine
• Sulfamethoxypyridazine
• Sulfametoxydiazine

Ultra long-acting

• Sulfadoxine
• Sulfametopyrazine
• Terephtyl

Sulfonylureas (anti-diabetic agents)

• Acetohexamide
• Carbutamide
• Chlorpropamide
• Glibenclamide (glyburide)
• Glibornuride
• Gliclazide
• Glyclopyramide
• Glimepiride
• Glipizide
• Gliquidone
• Glisoxepide
• Glicaramide
• Tolazamide
• Tolbutamide

Diuretics

• Acetazolamide
• Bumetanide
• Chlorthalidone
• Clopamide
• Furosemide
• Hydrochlorothiazide
• Indapamide
• Mefruside
• Metolazone
• Xipamide
• Methazolamide

Anticonvulsants

• Ethoxzolamide
• Sultiame
• Zonisamide

Dermatologicals

• Mafenide

Antiretrovirals

• Amprenavir (HIV protease inhibitor)
• Darunavir (HIV protease inhibitor)
• Delavirdine (non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor)
• Fosamprenavir (HIV protease inhibitor)
• Tipranavir (HIV protease inhibitor)

Hepatitis C antivirals

• Asunaprevir (NS3/4A protease inhibitor)
• Beclabuvir (NS5B RNA polymerase inhibitor)
• Dasabuvir (NS5B RNA polymerase inhibitor)
• Grazoprevir (NS3/4A protease inhibitor)
• Paritaprevir (NS3/4A protease inhibitor)
• Simeprevir (NS3/4A protease inhibitor)

Stimulants

• Azabon

NSAIDs

• Apricoxib (COX-2 inhibitor)
• Celecoxib (COX-2 inhibitor)
• Parecoxib (COX-2 inhibitor)

Cardiac and Vasoactive Medications

• Bosentan (endothelin receptor antagonist)
• Dofetilide (class III antiarrhythmic)
• Dronedarone (class III antiarrhythmic)
• Ibutilide (class III antiarrhythmic)
• Sotalol (β blocker)
• Tamsulosin (α blocker)
• Udenafil (PDE5 inhibitor)

Others

• Brinzolamide (carbonic anhydrase inhibitor for glaucoma)
• Dorzolamide (anti-glaucoma carbonic anhydrase inhibitor)
• Probenecid (uricosuric)
• Sulfasalazine (anti-inflammatory agent and a DMARD)
• Sumatriptan (antimigraine triptan)

External links

• List of sulfonamides
• Author of The Demon Under the Microscope, a history of the discovery of the sulfa drugs
• A History of the Fight Against Tuberculosis in Canada (Chemotherapy)
• Presentation speech, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, 1939
• The History of WW II Medicine
• "Five Medical Miracles of the Sulfa Drugs". Popular Science, June 1942, pp. 73–78.
• A history of antibiotics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sulfonamides and diaminopyrimidines. Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference. Pharmaceutical Press. 2 February 2011. 28 March 2014. Brayfield, A.