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Nursing Pharmacology
Memory Aid for Drugs by Generic Name Prefix Root or Suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ase & -plase | thrombolyic agent ase usually indicates enzyme |
| - azole | antifungal - antimicrobial |
| cef- & ceph- | cephalosporin antibiotic; check allergy to this class and penicillins |
| -cillin | penicillin, antibiotic check allergy |
| -cycline | tetracycline, antibiotic |
| -dipine | calcium channel blockers antianginal, antihypertensive |
| -dronate | bisphosphonate bone resorption inhibitor |
| -floxacin | fluroquinoline - antibiotic |
| -micin, -mycin | aminoglycoside - antibiotic |
| nitr- , -nitr- | nitrate, vasodialator, antianginal |
| -olol, -lol | beta adrenergic blocker, antihypertensive and/or antianginal |
| -parin | anticoagulant, heparin or heparinoid |
| -phylline | xanthine type of bronchodilator |
| -prazole | GI proton pump inhibitor, antiulcer |
| -pril | angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor antihypertensive |
| sal-, -sal- | contains salicylate check for allergy to salicylates or ASA |
| -sartan | angiotensin II receptor antagonist, antihypertensive |
| -sone, -lone, pred- | corticosteroid |
| sulfa- | sulfonamide antibiotic check for allergy to sulfa |
| -terol | adrenegic type of bronchodilator |
| -tidine | histamine H2 antagonist GI antiulcer |
| -triptan | vascular headache suppressant, serotonin (5-HT1)anonist |
| -vir | antiviral antinfective |
| -zepam, -zolam | benzodiazepine, anti anxiety, sedative/hypnotic |
| -zosin | peripherally acting alpha 1 blocker, antihypertentsive |
| -caine | local anesthetics |
| -dine | antiulcer agents - histamine H2 blockers |
| -done | opioid analgesics |
| -ide | oral hypoglycemics |
| -lam | anti anxiety drugs |
| -mide | diuretics |
| -nium | neuromuscular blocking agents |
| -oxacin | antibiotics |
| -pam | anti-anxiety drugs |
| -statin | anti hyperlipidemics |
| -zide | diuretics |
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