A report on WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.
A skeletal model of the chemical structure of aspirin
A skeletal model of the chemical structure of albendazole
Pure crystals of ethambutol
Two capsules of atazanavir
Bag containing one unit of fresh frozen plasma
A vial of oral cholera vaccine

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML ), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system.

- WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.

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Levofloxacin

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Antibiotic medication.

Antibiotic medication.

Levofloxacin and NaCl injection, specification is 100mL / 750mg

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Pure chloramphenicol

Chloramphenicol

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Antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.

Antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.

Pure chloramphenicol

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Linezolid

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Antibiotic used for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics.

Antibiotic used for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics.

This echocardiogram shows vegetations on the tricuspid valve (white arrow) caused by infective endocarditis. The patient received conventional treatment, with ampicillin, imipenem, and glucocorticoids, and recovered fully after heart surgery.
Simplified schematic of mRNA translation. Linezolid occupies the A site (at center) and prevents tRNA from binding.
Major metabolites of linezolid
Numbered structure of linezolid, showing the pharmacophore required for good activity (in blue) and desirable structural features (in orange).

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Chemical structure of ethambutol (top) and photo of ethambutol crystals (bottom)

Ethambutol

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Medication primarily used to treat tuberculosis.

Medication primarily used to treat tuberculosis.

Chemical structure of ethambutol (top) and photo of ethambutol crystals (bottom)

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines and is available as a generic medication.

Amphotericin B

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Antifungal medication used for serious fungal infections and leishmaniasis.

Antifungal medication used for serious fungal infections and leishmaniasis.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Prednisolone

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Steroid medication used to treat certain types of allergies, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancers.

Steroid medication used to treat certain types of allergies, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancers.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

The coenzyme folic acid (top) and the anticancer drug methotrexate (bottom) are very similar in structure. As a result, methotrexate is a competitive inhibitor of many enzymes that use folates.

Methotrexate

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Chemotherapy agent and immune-system suppressant.

Chemotherapy agent and immune-system suppressant.

The coenzyme folic acid (top) and the anticancer drug methotrexate (bottom) are very similar in structure. As a result, methotrexate is a competitive inhibitor of many enzymes that use folates.
Methotrexate (green) complexed into the active site of DHFR (blue)
Image shows open bottle of methotrexate drug—one of the first chemotherapeutic drugs used in the early 1950s

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Lenalidomide

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Medication used to treat multiple myeloma, smoldering myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndromes .

Medication used to treat multiple myeloma, smoldering myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndromes .

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Addiction experts in psychiatry, chemistry, pharmacology, forensic science, epidemiology, and the police and legal services engaged in delphic analysis regarding 20 popular recreational drugs. Street methadone was ranked 4th in dependence, 5th in physical harm, and 5th in social harm.

Methadone

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Synthetic opioid agonist used for chronic pain and also for opioid dependence.

Synthetic opioid agonist used for chronic pain and also for opioid dependence.

Addiction experts in psychiatry, chemistry, pharmacology, forensic science, epidemiology, and the police and legal services engaged in delphic analysis regarding 20 popular recreational drugs. Street methadone was ranked 4th in dependence, 5th in physical harm, and 5th in social harm.
40 mg of methadone
Methadone
EDDP
EDMP

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Clofazimine

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Medication used together with rifampicin and dapsone to treat leprosy.

Medication used together with rifampicin and dapsone to treat leprosy.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.