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Vidangadi Lauha
Vidangadi Lauha, an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill of Embelia ribes, Lauha bhasma, Triphala, and cow urine, official in AFI Part I 21:10; trialed against metformin in obese type 2 diabetes and studied for anemia, embelin-iron instability, and heavy metal limits.
Vidaryadi ghrta
Vidaryadi ghrta (Vidāryādi ghṛta, Vidaryadi Ghritam) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee from Ashtanga Hridayam, AFI formulation AFI000071, dose 12 g, built on Pueraria tuberosa and about twenty herbs cooked in cow's ghee for breathlessness, cough, and emaciation.
Video EEG monitoring
Video EEG monitoring records scalp brain activity with continuously synchronized video so behavior can be matched to brain activity, the gold standard for diagnosing epilepsy and seizure-like spells.
Video game addiction
Video game addiction, formally gaming disorder (ICD-11) or internet gaming disorder (DSM-5, condition for further study), is impaired control over gaming with priority over daily activities and harm despite negative consequences; pooled prevalence about 3%, higher in males and adolescents.
Video head impulse test
The video head impulse test (vHIT) is a clinical vestibular test in which video goggles record eye movements during rapid head turns to measure the vestibulo-ocular reflex.
Video laryngoscopy
Video laryngoscopy is an airway management technique in which a camera-equipped laryngoscope blade displays the larynx on a monitor, guiding endotracheal tube placement during intubation.
Video oculography
Video oculography, abbreviated VOG, is a clinical diagnostic method that uses infrared camera goggles to record eye position and velocity, assessing vestibular and neurological disorders like vertigo and nystagmus.
Video-Assisted Surgery
Video-assisted surgery: surgery aided by a video camera projecting and enlarging the operative image on a screen; also video-assisted resection; basis of VATS, video laparoscopy, and modern minimally invasive surgery.
Videoangiography
Videoangiography is an imaging method that records blood flow on video in real time after injection of a fluorescent dye such as fluorescein or ICG.
Videocapillaroscopy
Videocapillaroscopy, also called nailfold videocapillaroscopy, is a diagnostic imaging method that couples an optical microscope to a video camera to visualize fingernail fold capillaries in connective tissue diseases.
Videoendoscopy
Videoendoscopy is a diagnostic and surgical technique in which an endoscope with a miniature camera at its tip transmits live images of internal organs to a monitor.
Videofluoroscopy
Videofluoroscopy is a real-time X-ray imaging method in which fluoroscopy is video-recorded to view moving internal structures, best known for the modified barium swallow study of swallowing.
Videostroboscopy
Videostroboscopy is a diagnostic imaging method in otolaryngology that records apparent slow-motion views of vibrating vocal folds during phonation, the gold standard for laryngeal imaging.
Videourodynamics
Videourodynamics (VUDS) is a diagnostic urodynamic study combining cystometry and pressure-flow measurements with real-time fluoroscopic imaging, most valuable in neurogenic bladder dysfunction and complex lower urinary tract conditions.
VIDI trial
VIDI trial (Vitamin D Intervention in Infants), Finnish randomized double-blind trial in Helsinki comparing 400 IU vs 1200 IU daily vitamin D3 in term infants aged 2 weeks to 24 months; no bone or infection benefit, lower internalizing problems at follow-up.
Vidofludimus
Vidofludimus (SC12267, 4SC-101; calcium salt IMU-838) is an oral DHODH inhibitor and Nurr1 activator in phase 3 ENSURE trials for relapsing multiple sclerosis, with antiviral and anti-inflammatory effects.
Vigiis101 trial
Vigiis101 trial: two 4-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of Vigiis 101-LAB (Lactobacillus paracasei NTU 101, 5 or 10 billion CFU/day) in healthy Taiwanese adults, showing increased fecal Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, faster transit, and higher IgG, IgM, and antioxidant activity.
Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl (1905-1997), Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, founded logotherapy, the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy, and wrote Man's Search for Meaning, which sold over 10 million copies in 24 languages.
Vilanterol
Vilanterol (GW642444, vilanterol trifenatate) is a once-daily, 24-hour long-acting beta2 agonist bronchodilator from GSK, used only in combination inhalers: Breo/Relvar Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, and Trelegy Ellipta for asthma and COPD.
Vilaprisan
Vilaprisan (BAY 1002670) is an oral selective progesterone receptor modulator developed by Bayer for uterine fibroids and endometriosis; its clinical development was paused in December 2018 and later terminated.
Vilazodone
Vilazodone (Viibryd), an SSRI and 5-HT1A partial agonist (SPARI) antidepressant approved by the FDA in 2011 for major depressive disorder in adults; dosed 20-40 mg with food, noted for lower sexual side effects and gastrointestinal adverse events.
Vilobelimab
Vilobelimab (Gohibic, IFX-1), an anti-C5a monoclonal antibody by InflaRx, treats critical COVID-19 under FDA emergency use authorization (2023) and EMA approval (2025); studied in hidradenitis suppurativa and pyoderma gangrenosum.
Viloxazine
Viloxazine (Qelbree) is a nonstimulant norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor and serotonin receptor modulator approved by the FDA in 2021 for ADHD ages 6-17 and in 2022 for adults; formerly the European antidepressant Vivalan, withdrawn in the early 2000s for business reasons.
Viltolarsen
Viltolarsen, sold as Viltepso, is a phosphorodiamidate morpholino antisense drug approved in 2020 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in patients amenable to exon 53 skipping, about 8 percent of patients.
Vinbarbital
Vinbarbital (Delvinal, Vinbarbitone) is an intermediate-acting barbiturate hypnotic, C11H16N2O3, CAS 125-42-8; its sodium salt was US-approved in 1940 by Sharp & Dohme for sedation and obstetric analgesia.
Vincamine
Vincamine, an indole alkaloid from Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle), C21H26N2O3, ATC C04AX07; cerebral vasodilator used for cerebrovascular disorders since 1959 and precursor of vinpocetine.
Vincristine
Vincristine (leurocristine, Oncovin) is a vinca alkaloid chemotherapy from the Madagascar periwinkle, FDA-approved 1963, used for acute leukemia and lymphomas; dose-limited by peripheral neuropathy, capped at 2 mg per cycle.
Vincristine and dactinomycin regimen
The vincristine and dactinomycin (VA) regimen, also called Actinomycin-D/Vincristine, is a two-drug intravenous chemotherapy combination used to treat low-risk childhood rhabdomyosarcoma and forming the core of the VAC backbone.
Vinflunine
Vinflunine (Javlor) is a difluorinated semi-synthetic vinca alkaloid from vinorelbine, EMA-approved in 2009 for platinum-failed advanced urothelial carcinoma; not FDA-approved.
VINHO trial
VINHO (NCT02986269), a Geneva randomized trial, tested pressure support ventilation versus unassisted spontaneous breathing through a laryngeal mask during anesthesia; PSV limited postoperative lung-volume loss but not lung clearance index change.