11.   If approved by the FDA, the drug would be the first specifically approved to treat the cancer.

12.   Its drug, Cerezyme, is approved to treat Gaucher disease.

13.   Last year, another antibiotic, Synercid, was approved to treat VREF.

14.   Lotronex was approved to treat only the diarrheal form of the syndrome, and only in women.

15.   MIXED REVIEWS FOR CHIRON DRUGS A Food and Drug Administration panel recommended that a Chiron drug be approved to treat metastatic melanoma, a fatal skin cancer.

16.   Naltrexone is one of only two drugs currently approved to treat alcoholism in the United States.

17.   No drugs have been approved to treat apnea.

18.   One antidepressant, Zoloft from Pfizer, has been specifically approved to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

19.   Reteplase has been approved to treat heart attacks and is now being tested in stroke patients.

20.   The drug is already approved to treat pneumonia and a number of infections, including urinary tract infections.