MFDA-approved medications available in the Maldives, including prescription, OTC and hospital-use drugs.
| Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| Over-the-counter oral liquid. | |
| Over-the-counter oral liquid. | |
| An injection that prevents and controls seizures in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| A prescription lotion (Ovide) that kills head lice and their eggs. | |
| An osmotic diuretic given by intravenous drip to reduce pressure in the brain or… | |
| A live combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for people 12 months an… | |
| A live measles-containing vaccine, given as combined measles, mumps and rubella … | |
| The live combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for people 12 months … | |
| A medicine (Ovex, Vermox) used to treat worm infections. | |
| A muscle relaxant (Colofac) that eases stomach cramps and spasms, including in I… | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination: capsule, injection, tablet. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A progestogen hormone tablet (Provera) for period problems and other hormonal co… | |
| An NSAID painkiller for short-term pain and period pain. | |
| Tablet: NSAID + antispasmodic. | |
| An antimalarial tablet used to prevent and treat malaria. | |
| A hormonal appetite stimulant (megestrol acetate suspension) for AIDS-related we… | |
| An NSAID used for arthritis pain and inflammation. | |
| A medicine that helps with symptoms of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease. | |
| Meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccine. | |
| A vaccine (Penbraya) protecting against meningococcal disease groups A, B, C, W … | |
| An injectable fertility hormone (Menopur) used in assisted reproduction to grow … | |
| Over-the-counter cream. | |
| Over-the-counter cream. | |
| Over-the-counter: inhaler, lotion, cream. | |
| Over-the-counter gel. | |
| Hospital-use: injection, tablet. | |
| A chemotherapy tablet/suspension used in maintenance treatment of acute lymphobl… | |
| An injectable carbapenem antibiotic for serious bacterial infections. | |
| An aminosalicylate (delayed-release tablet) for ulcerative colitis. | |
| A protective medicine (Mesnex) given with ifosfamide chemotherapy to prevent bla… | |
| A combination tablet of pioglitazone and metformin for type 2 diabetes. | |
| A medicine that lowers blood sugar, used for type 2 diabetes and PCOS. | |
| Tablet: biguanide + sulfonylurea. | |
| An opioid (Physeptone) used to treat heroin dependence, and for severe pain. | |
| Antithyroid tablet for overactive thyroid. | |
| A muscle relaxant tablet for short-term relief of painful muscle conditions. | |
| An immunosuppressant taken once weekly for autoimmune conditions, and used in ca… | |
| Long-acting injection that treats anaemia in kidney disease. | |
| A blood pressure-lowering medicine, long used including in pregnancy. | |
| Intravenous dye medicine for methaemoglobinaemia. | |
| An ergot medicine that contracts the womb to control bleeding after childbirth. | |
| Over-the-counter spray. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| A long-acting injectable corticosteroid used to reduce inflammation, including j… | |
| Over-the-counter: spray, topical preparation. | |
| Over-the-counter: cream, gel. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Over-the-counter medicated oil. | |
| A topical roll-on oil containing camphor, eucalyptus oil, menthol and wintergree… | |
| Over-the-counter cream. | |
| An anti-sickness medicine (Maxolon) that stops nausea and vomiting. | |
| A diuretic (water tablet) used to treat fluid retention and high blood pressure. | |
| A beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure and heart problems, and to prev… | |
| An antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections of the skin, mouth and vagina. | |
| Prescription-only vaginal preparation. | |
| Prescription-only oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only suppository. | |
| An antiarrhythmic medicine for life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms. | |
| Antifungal cream for vaginal yeast infections. | |
| Antifungal cream for vaginal yeast infections. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Prescription-only ointment. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Prescription-only gel. | |
| Body-identical progesterone capsules (Utrogestan) taken as part of HRT. | |
| A sedative given by injection before or during surgery and medical procedures. | |
| A medicine used with misoprostol to end an early pregnancy (up to 70 days). | |
| An intravenous medicine for short-term treatment of acute decompensated heart fa… | |
| A tetracycline antibiotic used for a range of bacterial infections and severe ac… | |
| Scalp solution that regrows hair in hereditary hair loss. | |
| Prescription-only spray. | |
| A medicine that relaxes the bladder muscles to ease symptoms of an overactive bl… | |
| An antidepressant used to treat depression and sometimes OCD and anxiety. | |
| A stomach-protecting medicine used to prevent ulcers caused by NSAID painkillers… | |
| A chemotherapy medicine used with other drugs for stomach and pancreatic cancer. | |
| Mitomycin chemotherapy injection (given in sodium chloride solution) for stomach… | |
| Smallpox and mpox vaccine (MVA strain). | |
| A steroid preventer inhaler used every day to control asthma. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Prescription-only ointment. | |
| Immunoglobulin that prevents rhesus sensitisation and treats ITP. | |
| Short-acting insulin that controls blood sugar in diabetes. | |
| A daily tablet that helps prevent asthma symptoms and treats allergies. | |
| A strong opioid painkiller used to treat severe pain. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A fluoroquinolone antibiotic tablet for serious bacterial infections such as pne… | |
| Eye drops: fluoroquinolone antibiotic + corticosteroid. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A daily nutritional supplement combining vitamins, minerals and essential fatty … | |
| An antibiotic ointment applied to the skin to treat impetigo. | |
| Ointment: antibiotic + corticosteroid. | |
| An immunosuppressant taken after a kidney, heart or liver transplant to prevent … | |
| Hospital-use injection. | |
| Mucus-thinning medicine, also the antidote to paracetamol overdose. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Hospital-use concentrated solution. | |
| Older oral antibiotic once used for resistant dysentery. | |
| An emergency injection that reverses opioid overdose. | |
| A medicine that blocks opioid effects, used in alcohol dependence and to support… | |
| Medicine injection. | |
| Prescription-only eye drops. | |
| Prescription-only eye drops. | |
| Prescription-only eye drops. | |
| An anti-inflammatory painkiller (NSAID) that relieves pain and reduces swelling. | |
| Antifungal eye drops used to treat fungal infections of the eye. | |
| Over-the-counter tablet. | |
| Hospital-use injection. | |
| A beta blocker used to lower high blood pressure. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| Prescription-only ointment. | |
| Oral aminoglycoside antibiotic for gut bacteria. | |
| Prescription-only powder. | |
| Prescription-only cream. | |
| An injection given after surgery to reverse muscle-relaxant (neuromuscular block… | |
| Nepafenac is an anti-inflammatory eye drop for pain and inflammation after catar… | |
| Antiretroviral taken with others to treat HIV. | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination tablet. | |
| Nicorandil is a prescription tablet that treats and prevents chest pain caused b… | |
| Nicotine gum that reduces cravings and withdrawal when quitting smoking. | |
| Anticoagulant medicine, listed as a therapeutic alternative to warfarin. | |
| Nifedipine is a calcium-channel blocker for high blood pressure, angina and Rayn… | |
| Nilotinib is a targeted cancer tablet for Philadelphia chromosome-positive chron… | |
| Nimodipine is a capsule that improves outcomes after bleeding around the brain (… | |
| Nintedanib is a capsule for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other progressive … | |
| Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic used to treat and prevent urinary tract infectio… | |
| Prescription-only: cream, ointment. | |
| Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is a nitrate that treats and prevents angina chest pai… | |
| Hospital-use: gas cylinders, medical gas. | |
| Nivolumab is an immunotherapy antibody used to treat many advanced cancers. | |
| Emergency infusion that raises dangerously low blood pressure. | |
| A progestogen hormone tablet (norethisterone) used for period problems and to de… | |
| Progestogen-only contraceptive pill. | |
| Prescription-only: eye drops, eye preparation, tablet. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Norgestrel with ethinyl estradiol is a combined contraceptive pill used to preve… | |
| Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression and nerve p… | |
| An mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty) that protects against COVID-19. | |
| Nystatin is an antifungal medicine for oral thrush and fungal skin infections. | |
| Obinutuzumab is an antibody infusion for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, follicul… | |
| Octreotide is an injection that lowers growth hormone and controls symptoms from… | |
| Ofloxacin is an antibiotic eye drop for bacterial conjunctivitis and corneal ulc… | |
| Eye/ear drops: fluoroquinolone antibiotic + corticosteroid. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Olanzapine is an antipsychotic used for schizophrenia and mania in bipolar disor… | |
| Olaparib is a targeted PARP-inhibitor tablet for certain ovarian, breast, pancre… | |
| Olmesartan is an angiotensin receptor blocker tablet that lowers high blood pres… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| An antihistamine used as a nasal spray for hay fever and as eye drops for itchy,… | |
| An antihistamine used as a nasal spray for hay fever and as eye drops for itchy,… | |
| Omalizumab is an anti-IgE injection for severe allergic asthma, nasal polyps, fo… | |
| Hospital-use: capsule, injection. | |
| Vitamin and mineral combination: capsule, emulsion. | |
| Omeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor that reduces stomach acid for heartburn, r… | |
| Capsule: proton-pump inhibitor + antiemetic. | |
| Ondansetron prevents nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, radiotherapy an… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Over-the-counter oral liquid. | |
| Prescription-only: oral liquid, tablet. | |
| Orlistat is a weight-loss capsule that reduces the fat your body absorbs from fo… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Orphenadrine is a muscle relaxant tablet for discomfort from acute painful muscl… | |
| Oseltamivir is an antiviral capsule to treat and prevent influenza (flu). | |
| Osimertinib is a targeted tablet for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. | |
| Oxaliplatin is a platinum chemotherapy infusion for colon and colorectal cancer. | |
| Anti-seizure medicine for partial-onset epilepsy. | |
| Over-the-counter suspension. | |
| Oxybutynin relaxes the bladder to treat overactive bladder symptoms and bedwetti… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| A life-saving essential medical gas used to treat low oxygen levels. | |
| A decongestant nasal spray for a blocked nose. | |
| Tetracycline antibiotic used in eye preparations. | |
| Prescription-only ointment. | |
| Prescription-only ointment. | |
| A hormone infusion (Pitocin) used to start or strengthen labour. | |
| Paclitaxel is a chemotherapy infusion for breast, lung and pancreatic cancers. | |
| Palbociclib is a targeted tablet for hormone receptor-positive advanced breast c… | |
| Paliperidone is an antipsychotic tablet for schizophrenia and schizoaffective di… | |
| Palonosetron is an anti-sickness injection to prevent nausea and vomiting from c… | |
| Pancreatic enzyme capsules that help digest food. | |
| A digestive enzyme combination tablet used for poor appetite, overeating and blo… | |
| Hospital-use injection. | |
| Pantoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor that reduces stomach acid for heartburn,… | |
| Prescription-only capsule. | |
| Capsule: proton-pump inhibitor + antiemetic. | |
| Papaverine is an injection that relieves smooth muscle spasm in blood vessels an… | |
| Paracetamol is a painkiller for pain and high temperature in adults. | |
| Tablet: non-opioid analgesic + opioid analgesic. | |
| Tablet: analgesic + muscle relaxant. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| Over-the-counter ear drops. | |
| Statin that lowers cholesterol and prevents heart attacks. | |
| An SSRI antidepressant used to treat depression and other mental health conditio… | |
| A kinase inhibitor tablet used to treat advanced kidney cancer and soft tissue s… | |
| Prescription-only tablet. | |
| An injectable growth factor that boosts white blood cells during chemotherapy. | |
| An immunotherapy antibody (PD-1 blocker) used to treat many types of cancer. |