Medicines Beginning With F

27 medicines in the Drug Guide begin with the letter F. Every name links to a plain-language page covering what the medicine is for, its common side effects, its major cautions and — for most — a kidney note.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z

Medicine	Brand names	Used for
Famciclovir	Famvir	Shingles; Genital herpes and cold sores
Famotidine	Pepcid	Heartburn and acid indigestion; Acid reflux
Febuxostat	Uloric	Preventing gout attacks when allopurinol is not suitable; Lowering uric acid in gout
Felodipine	Plendil	High blood pressure; Occasionally added in resistant hypertension, on specialist advice
Fenofibrate	Tricor, Antara	High triglycerides; Mixed high cholesterol
Fentanyl	Duragesic, Sublimaze	Severe pain during and after surgery (hospital); Long-term severe pain in people already tolerant to opioids (patches)
Ferric carboxymaltose	Injectafer	Iron deficiency anemia when oral iron is not tolerated; Iron deficiency anemia in chronic kidney disease
Ferric citrate	Auryxia	Lowering phosphate in chronic kidney disease on dialysis; Treating iron deficiency anemia in chronic kidney disease not on dialysis
Ferrous sulfate	Feosol	Iron deficiency anemia; Preventing iron deficiency in pregnancy
Ferumoxytol	Feraheme	Iron deficiency anemia in chronic kidney disease; Iron deficiency anemia in adults who cannot tolerate oral iron
Fexofenadine	Allegra	Seasonal allergies; Hives
Fidaxomicin	Dificid	C. difficile infection of the gut; Preventing C. difficile recurrence in selected high-risk patients, on specialist advice
Finasteride	Proscar, Propecia	Enlarged prostate; Male pattern hair loss (lower-amount product)
Fingolimod	Gilenya	Relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis; Reducing MS relapses and MRI lesion activity
Flecainide	Tambocor	Atrial fibrillation; Other fast heart rhythms in people without structural heart disease
Fluconazole	Diflucan	Vaginal yeast infections; Thrush of the mouth and throat
Fluoxetine	Prozac	Depression; Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Fluphenazine	Prolixin	Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; Severe tics, on specialist advice
Fluticasone	Flovent, Flonase, Cutivate	Daily asthma control (inhaler); COPD maintenance (in combination inhalers)
Fluvastatin	Lescol	High cholesterol; Reducing risk after heart procedures
Fluvoxamine	Luvox	Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Social anxiety disorder
Folic acid	Folvite	Preventing neural tube birth defects in pregnancy; Treating folate deficiency
Fondaparinux	Arixtra	Preventing blood clots after surgery; Treating blood clots in legs and lungs
Formoterol	Foradil, Perforomist	COPD maintenance; Asthma maintenance, only in combination inhalers with a steroid
Fosfomycin	Monurol	Uncomplicated bladder infections in women; Complicated urinary infections with the hospital injection form, on specialist advice
Fosinopril	Monopril	High blood pressure; Heart failure
Furosemide	Lasix	Fluid buildup in heart failure; Fluid buildup from kidney or liver disease

Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.

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