MFDA-approved medications available in the Maldives, including prescription, OTC and hospital-use drugs.
| Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| An injectable cephalosporin antibiotic for a wide range of bacterial infections. | |
| An injectable cephalosporin antibiotic for pneumonia and other serious infection… | |
| Cefixime is a cephalosporin antibiotic taken by mouth for a range of bacterial i… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Prescription-only: suspension, tablet. | |
| An injectable cephalosporin antibiotic for serious bacterial infections. | |
| An oral cephalosporin antibiotic for mild to moderate bacterial infections. | |
| Prescription-only: capsule, oral liquid, injection. | |
| Ceftazidime is an injectable cephalosporin antibiotic for serious bacterial infe… | |
| A combination antibiotic injection for hard-to-treat Gram-negative infections. | |
| An injectable cephalosporin antibiotic for bacterial infections. | |
| Prescription-only injection. | |
| An oral cephalosporin antibiotic for a range of bacterial infections. | |
| An anti-inflammatory (NSAID) for arthritis pain and period pain. | |
| An oral cephalosporin antibiotic for common bacterial infections. | |
| A targeted cancer tablet (ALK kinase inhibitor) for a type of lung cancer. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| A non-drowsy antihistamine for hay fever and other allergy symptoms. | |
| A fertility injection that stops ovulation happening too early during ovarian st… | |
| An antibody infusion (EGFR blocker) for head and neck and bowel cancers. | |
| Activated charcoal is an emergency treatment that binds (adsorbs) swallowed pois… | |
| Hospital-use: oral liquid, suppository, tablet. | |
| A chemotherapy tablet for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and lymphomas. | |
| An antibiotic mainly used as drops or ointment for eye and ear infections. | |
| Prescription-only ear drops. | |
| A benzodiazepine for anxiety, alcohol withdrawal and pre-surgery apprehension. | |
| An antiseptic for mouth ulcers, gum disease, sore throats and skin infections. | |
| Prescription-only powder. | |
| A tablet for treating and preventing malaria, and for extraintestinal amebiasis. | |
| Over-the-counter cream. | |
| Chlorphenamine (chlorpheniramine) is a drowsy antihistamine that relieves allerg… | |
| Over-the-counter oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only syrup. | |
| Prescription-only: syrup, tablet. | |
| An antipsychotic for schizophrenia, severe nausea, hiccups and related condition… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Colecalciferol (cholecalciferol) is a form of vitamin D used to prevent and trea… | |
| A live oral vaccine against cholera for travellers aged 2 to 64. | |
| A powder that binds bile acids to lower cholesterol and relieve itching. | |
| Over-the-counter gel. | |
| Prescription-only gel. | |
| Over-the-counter gel. | |
| A hormone (hCG) injection used in fertility treatment and certain male condition… | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination tablet. | |
| Immunosuppressant for transplant patients and severe autoimmune disease. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A tablet that improves walking distance in people with leg circulation pain. | |
| An acid-reducing (H2 blocker) tablet for ulcers and reflux disease. | |
| A tablet that lowers parathyroid hormone and calcium in certain conditions. | |
| An antihistamine for travel sickness, vertigo and Ménière's disease. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A fluoroquinolone antibiotic for serious infections when other antibiotics aren'… | |
| Ciprofloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic for a range of bacterial infections. | |
| Tablet: fluoroquinolone antibiotic + nitroimidazole antimicrobial. | |
| A platinum chemotherapy injection for testicular, ovarian and bladder cancers. | |
| Hospital-use injection. | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination capsule. | |
| An antibiotic used to treat chest, skin and ear infections. | |
| An antihistamine tablet for allergy symptoms such as sneezing and itching. | |
| An antibiotic; this label covers the vaginal cream for bacterial vaginosis. | |
| Vaginal suppository: antibiotic + antifungal. | |
| A benzodiazepine used with other medicines for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome seizures. | |
| A very strong steroid used on the skin for swelling and itching. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Cream: corticosteroid + aminoglycoside antibiotic. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| A moderate steroid cream or ointment for skin swelling, itching and irritation. | |
| Medicine tablet. | |
| An antimycobacterial medicine for lepromatous leprosy, always used in combinatio… | |
| Clomifene (clomiphene citrate) is a fertility tablet that stimulates ovulation i… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Clomipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat obsessive-compulsive di… | |
| A benzodiazepine for epileptic seizures, muscle spasms and panic disorder. | |
| A vasodilator medicine for preventing migraines, menopausal hot flushes and high… | |
| An antiplatelet medicine that prevents dangerous blood clots. | |
| An antifungal medicine for thrush, athlete's foot and other fungal infections. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Cream/ear drops: antifungal + corticosteroid. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Prescription-only suspension. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Narrow-spectrum penicillin antibiotic that resists beta-lactamase. | |
| An antipsychotic for schizophrenia when standard treatments have not worked. | |
| Clotting factor replacement for haemophilia B. | |
| Skin ointment for psoriasis and seborrhoeic dermatitis symptoms. | |
| Prescription-only solution. | |
| An opioid painkiller for pain, and sometimes cough or diarrhoea. | |
| Ergot-derived tablet for age-related decline in mental capacity. | |
| A medicine that reduces the inflammation and pain of gout. | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination oral liquid. | |
| An injected antibiotic for serious infections by certain gram-negative bacteria. | |
| Colistin (given as colistimethate injection) is an antibiotic for serious infect… | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination syrup. | |
| Injected muscle-relaxing toxin for bladder, muscle and migraine conditions. | |
| Prescription-only: injection, IV infusion. | |
| Prescription-only concentrated solution. | |
| An estrogen hormone tablet used to treat menopause symptoms and prevent osteopor… | |
| Prescription-only: oral liquid, tablet. | |
| Over-the-counter lozenges. | |
| A targeted cancer medicine (kinase inhibitor) for ALK- or ROS1-positive cancers. | |
| A cream that treats scabies and relieves itchy skin. | |
| Hospital-use injection. | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination injection. | |
| A muscle relaxant for short-term relief of painful muscle spasm. | |
| Eye drops that dilate the pupil and relax focusing for eye examinations. | |
| A chemotherapy medicine for cancers such as lymphoma, leukaemia and breast cance… | |
| A second-line antibiotic for tuberculosis when standard medicines are inadequate… | |
| An immunosuppressant used after organ transplants and for rheumatoid arthritis a… | |
| An antihistamine for allergies, itching and hives. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A chemotherapy injection used mainly to treat acute leukaemias. | |
| An anticoagulant (blood thinner) that prevents and treats blood clots. | |
| A chemotherapy injection for metastatic melanoma and Hodgkin's disease. | |
| Daclatasvir is a direct-acting antiviral tablet used, usually with sofosbuvir, t… | |
| A low molecular weight heparin injection that prevents and treats blood clots. | |
| A hormonal medicine with androgen-like effects, used for conditions like heredit… | |
| A muscle relaxant capsule used for long-term muscle spasticity. | |
| A medicine for type 2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. | |
| A combination tablet of dapagliflozin and metformin for type 2 diabetes. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A medicine for leprosy and the skin condition dermatitis herpetiformis. | |
| An antibody injection (with hyaluronidase) for multiple myeloma and AL amyloidos… | |
| Injection that boosts red blood cells to treat anaemia from kidney disease or ch… | |
| Tablet that blocks androgen hormones to treat prostate cancer. | |
| Kinase inhibitor tablet for certain leukaemias (Ph+ CML and Ph+ ALL). | |
| Chemotherapy injection for myelodysplastic syndromes (a group of bone marrow dis… | |
| Iron chelator taken by mouth to remove excess iron caused by repeated blood tran… | |
| Iron chelator tablet for iron overload in thalassaemia when other chelation is n… | |
| Corticosteroid used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy from age 2. | |
| Hormone-blocking injection (GnRH antagonist) for advanced prostate cancer. | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination capsule. | |
| Prescription-only capsule. | |
| Antibiotic for multi-drug-resistant lung tuberculosis. | |
| Injection that slows bone breakdown to treat osteoporosis in people at high frac… | |
| Prescription-only lozenges. | |
| Desferrioxamine (deferoxamine) is an injectable iron-chelating medicine that rem… | |
| Antihistamine tablet for hay fever and year-round allergy symptoms. | |
| Nasal spray that replaces antidiuretic hormone in central diabetes insipidus. | |
| Mild steroid cream for inflamed, itchy skin conditions. | |
| A steroid (corticosteroid) taken as tablets or liquid to treat inflammation and … | |
| Steroid and antibiotic eye drops for inflamed eyes at risk of bacterial infectio… | |
| Prescription-only eye drops. | |
| Prescription-only eye drops. | |
| Antihistamine solution for allergy symptoms such as hay fever and hives. | |
| Sedative infusion used in intensive care and before or during procedures. | |
| Intravenous fluid (dextran 40) used to treat shock and prevent blood clots after… | |
| Prescription-only eye drops. | |
| Intravenous dextran 40 in sodium chloride, used for shock and clot prevention. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| Cough suppressant for dry coughs from colds. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only syrup. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only syrup. | |
| Combination cold and flu medicine kit for congestion and cough. | |
| Prescription-only injection. | |
| Prescription-only injection. | |
| Prescription-only injection. | |
| Prescription-only injection. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Prescription-only: capsule, syrup. | |
| An iodine-based X-ray contrast liquid (Gastrografin) swallowed or given rectally… | |
| Iodine-based contrast agent used for X-ray imaging of the bladder and urethra. | |
| Benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety, seizures and muscle spasms. | |
| Oral medicine that raises blood sugar in hypoglycaemia caused by too much insuli… | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination capsule. | |
| Anti-inflammatory painkiller (NSAID) for pain, swelling and joint problems. | |
| Prescription-only gel. | |
| Prescription-only ointment. | |
| Anti-inflammatory painkiller (NSAID), used as a gel or patch for pain in a speci… | |
| Penicillin antibiotic capsule for resistant staphylococcal infections. | |
| Antispasmodic tablet that relaxes gut muscle in irritable bowel syndrome. | |
| Oral drops/syrup: antispasmodic + antifoaming agent. | |
| Antiretroviral (NRTI) capsule used with other medicines to treat HIV-1. | |
| Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is an anthelmintic medicine used to treat filariasis, i… | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Heart medicine (cardiac glycoside) that steadies and strengthens the heartbeat. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Calcium channel blocker for high blood pressure, angina and some other condition… | |
| Travel-sickness tablet that prevents nausea and dizziness. | |
| Injection that binds heavy metals to treat arsenic, gold and mercury poisoning. | |
| Prostaglandin gel used to soften the cervix before inducing labour. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only syrup. | |
| Diphtheria antitoxin is an injectable medicine that neutralises circulating diph… | |
| Hospital-use injection. | |
| A combined vaccine that protects infants and young children against diphtheria, … | |
| A combined tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine for people aged 7 years and older… | |
| Adacel is a booster vaccine against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough (pert… | |
| Prescription-only syrup. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Over-the-counter eye drops. | |
| Over-the-counter eye preparation. | |
| Divalproex sodium is an anticonvulsant for bipolar mania, seizures and migraine … | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination capsule. | |
| Dobutamine is an intravenous heart stimulant for short-term support in cardiac d… |