Table 1.

Summary table of repositioned drugs and their new roles.

Drug	Original Medication	Repositioned Medication	References
Auranofin	Rheumatoid arthritis	Metronidazole resistant Giardiasis	[68]
Crizotinib	Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma	Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)	[81]
Duloxetine	Major depressive disorder	Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)	[5]
Everolimus	Prevent solid organ transplant rejection, Augment anticancer treatment regimens, Prevent neovascularisation of artificial cardiac stents	Tuberous sclerosis complex [22]	[72]
Korlym	Abortion	Cushing’s Syndrome	[66]
Minoxidil	Hypertension	Androgenic alopecia (Hair loss)	[51]
Sildenafil	Angina, chest pain/discomfort	Erectile Dysfunction	[55]
Thalidomide	Morning sickness pregnant women	Multiple myelomas	[13]
Zidovudine	Anticancer agent	Antiretroviral agent-HIV	[75]