Haldol and competitors, such as thorazine, were considered first-generation antipsychotics drugs that could treat symptoms associated with mental disorders such as bipolar disorder manic depression, usually causing severe mood swings and schizophrenia typically defined as a severe brain disorder causing people to interpret reality abnormally, as with hallucinations .

Several generic versions of the drug metformin previously sold only as glucophage or glucophage xr are now available.

Minocycline brand names solodyn , minocin is a tetracycline antibiotic similar to doxycycline that has limited use.