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Drug Stems
The word part of a generic drug that helps identify the classification
Question | Answer |
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5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitor | -asteride |
5HT Agonist | -triptan |
5HT Antagonist | -setron |
ACE Inhibitor | -pril |
Alpha Blocker | -zosin |
Aminoglycoside | -micin,- mycin |
Androgen | test- |
Local Anesthetic | -caine |
Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker | -sartan |
Inhaled Anticholinergic | -tropium |
Anticoagulant, | -parin |
Antifungal | -conazole, -fungin |
Antipsychotic | -piprazole, -peridol, -peridone |
Antiviral | -clovir |
Benzodiazepine | -epam, -olam |
beta agonist | -terol |
Mast Cell Stabilizer | -crom |
Monoclonal Antibody | -mab |
Nitrate | nitra- |
NSAID | -profen |
PDE-5 Inhibitor | -afil |
Penicillin | -cillin |
Progestin | -progest |
Proton Pump Inhibitor | -prazole |
Quinolone | -oxacin |
Sulfonamide | sulfa- |
Tetracycline, | -cycline |
Tricyclic Antidepressant | -mipramine, -triptyline |
Macrolide | -thromycin |
Beta Blocker | -olol |
Bisphosphonate | -dronate |
Calcium Channel Blocker | -dipine |
Cephalosporin | -cef, -ceph |
Cholinesterase Inhibitor | -stigmine |
Corticosteroid | -sone, -lone, -pred- |
Cox-2 Inhibitor | -coxib |
DPP-4 Inhibitor | -gliptin |
H2 Blocker | -tidine |
HMG Co-A Reductase Inhibitor | -vastatin |
Neuraminidase Inhibitor | -amivir |
Antihistamine | -tadine |
Inhaled Anticholinergic | -tropium |
Leukotriene Inhibitor | -lukast |
SGLt-2 Inhibitors | -gliflozin |
Mixed Adrenergic Blocker | -alol |
SERM, | -oxifene |
Enzyme, | -ase |
Barbiturate | barb- |
COMT Inhibitor | -capone |
Neuromuscular Blocker | -curium, -curonium |
Estrogen, | estra- |
Estrogen Antagonist, | -estrant |
Fibric Acid Derivative, | -fibri- |
Gabamenergic, | -gab- |
TZD, | -glitazone |
Leukocyte Inducer | -grastim |
Erythropoeitin | -epotin, -poetin |
Renin Inhibitors | -kiren |
Prostaglandin | -prost- |
Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor | -xostat |
Xanthine Deriviative | -phyllin |
Thiazide diuretic | -thiazide |
Integrase Inhibitor | -tegravir |
NNRTI | -virenz |
CCR5 Antagonist | -viroc |
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor | -zolamide |