Commonly prescribed drugs containing fluoride or bromide

This could be useful to some. This list is taken from the top 200 most commonly prescribed drugs; I scanned their structures for sneaky halogens. It includes active ingredient only, so for example all metered dose inhalers and nasal sprays will contain fluoride in the propellant, but I didn't list all the drugs that come in those forms. Also didn't put any OTC meds on the list.

All contain fluoride unless otherwise noted :)

jordy

Advair (fluticasone)
Alphagen (brimonidine) bromide
Atrovent (Ipratropium) bromide
Avelox (moxifloxacin)
Adovart (dulasteride)

Celebrex (celecoxib)
Celexa (citalopram) both fluoride and bromide
Cipro (ciprofloxacin)
Clinoril (sulindac)
Combivent (from the ipratropium)bromide
Crestor (rosuvastatin)

Diflucan (fluconazole)
DuoNeb (nebulized Combivent)
Enablex (darifenacin) bromide
Flonase (fluticasone)
Flovent (fluticasone)
Guaifenex DM (dextromethorphan) bromide

Lescol (fluvastatin)
Levaquin (levofloxacin)
Lexapro (escitalopram)
Lipitor (atorvastatin)
Lotrisone topical cream

Paxil (paroxetine)
Prevacid (lansoprazole)
Protonix (pantoprazole)
Prozac (fluoxetine)
Pulmicort (budesonide)

Razadyne (galantamine) bromide
Risperdal (risperidone)
Spiriva (tiotropium) bromide
Tobra Dex (from dexamethasone)
Travatan (travoprost)
Triamcinolone
Vigamox (moxifloxacin)
Vytorin (from eztimibe)
Zetia (eztimibe)

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