There are many hundreds of thousands of possible drugs. Any chemical substance with biological activity may be considered a drug. This list categorises drugs alphabetically and also by other categorisations.
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List of lists of drugs
General
- List of bestselling drugs
- List of drugs by year of discovery
By chemical structure
Depressants
- Comparison of psychoactive alcohols in alcoholic drinks
- List of benzodiazepines
Hallucinogens
- List of hallucinogens
- List of psychedelic drugs
- List of 2C-* drugs
- List of DO* drugs
- List of substituted phenethylamines
- List of substituted tryptamines
- List of lysergamides
- List of cannabinoids
- Comparison of phytocannabinoids
- Synthetic cannabinoids
- List of AM cannabinoids
- List of CP cannabinoids
- List of HU cannabinoids
- List of JWH cannabinoids
- List of miscellaneous designer cannabinoids
Stimulants
- List of cocaine analogues
- List of methylphenidate analogues
- List of substituted cathinones
Misc
- List of antidepressants
- List of androgen esters
- List of corticosteroid esters
- List of estrogen esters
- List of tetracyclic antidepressants
- List of tricyclic antidepressants
- List of substituted α-alkyltryptamines
- List of substituted amphetamines
- List of substituted benzofurans
- List of substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamines
By biological activity
- List of androgen esters
- List of androgens/anabolic steroids
- List of anaesthetic drugs
- List of antiandrogens
- List of antibiotics
- List of antipsychotics
- List of antiviral drugs
- List of corticosteroid esters
- List of corticosteroids
- List of designer drugs
- List of drugs affected by grapefruit
- List of estrogen esters
- List of nasal decongestants
- List of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
- List of opioids
- List of progestogens
- List of psychedelic drugs
- List of psychotropic medications
- List of selective estrogen receptor modulators
- List of tetracyclic antidepressants
- List of tricyclic antidepressants
- Lists of investigational drugs
By medical application
- List of drugs known for off-label use
- List of psychiatric medications
- List of psychiatric medications by condition treated
- List of veterinary drugs
By other institutional aspects
- List of approved antidepressants
- List of controlled drugs in the United Kingdom
- List of drugs banned from the Olympics
- List of Schedule I drugs (US)
- List of Schedule II drugs (US)
- List of Schedule III drugs (US)
- List of Schedule IV drugs (US)
- List of Schedule V drugs (US)
- List of withdrawn drugs
- List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines
See also
- Development and discovery of SSRI drugs
- Channel modulator, for links to articles referring to drugs that modulate ion channels.
- List of monoclonal antibodies
- List of off-label promotion pharmaceutical settlements
- List of schedules for drugs and poisons
- List of steroid abbreviations
- List of plants used for smoking
- List of neurosteroids