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Generic Terminology
prefix/root/suffix
CONDITION TREATED | PREFIX/ROOT/SUFFIX | DRUG CLASS |
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ALLERGIES | -IZINE | ANTIHISTAMINE |
ALZHEIMER'S / DEMETIA | -PEZIL | ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR |
ANXIETY / SEDATIVE | -BITAL | BARBITURATE |
ANXIETY / SEDATIVE | -TOIN | ANTICONVULSANT |
ANXIETY / SEDATIVE | -ZEPAM | BENZODIAZEPINE |
ANXIETY / SEDATIVE | -ZOLAM | BENZODIAZEPINE |
ARTHRITIS | -ICAM | NSAID |
ASTHMA | -LUKAST | LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST |
ASTHMA | -TEROL | BETA2-AGONIST |
BACTERIAL INFECTION | -CEF | ANTIBIOTIC (CEPHALOSPORIN) |
BACTERIAL INFECTION | -CILLIN | ANTIBIODIC (PENICILLIN) |
BACTERIAL INFECTION | -FLOXACIN | ANTIBIODIC (QUINOLONE) |
BACTERIAL INFECTION | -MYCIN | ANTIBIODIC (NONSPECIFIC) |
BACTERIAL INFECTION | -PRIM | ANTIBIODIC (TRIMETHOPRIM) |
BACTERIAL INFECTION | -PRISTIN | ANTIBIODIC (STREPTOGRAMIN) |
BENIGN PROSTATE HYPERPLASIA(BPH) | -ZOSIN | ALPHA BLOCKER |
BLOOD CLOT PREVENTION | GREL | ANTIPLATELET AGENT |
DEPRESSION | -ITALOPRAM | SELECTIVE SEROTONIN RECEPTOR INHIBITOR |
DEPRESSION | -OXETINE | SELECTIVE SEROTONIN RECEPROR INHIBITOR |
DEPRESSION | -PRAMINE | TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT |
DEPRESSION | -TRIPTYLINE | TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT |
DIABETES | -FORMIN | BIGUANIDE |
DIABETES | -GLITAZONE | THIAZOLIDINEDIONE |
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION | -AFIL | PHOSPHODIESTERASE-5 INHIBITOR |
FUNGAL INFECTION | -CONAZOLE | MICONAZOLE DERIVATIVES |
GERD/HEARTBURN | -TIDINE | H2-ANTAGONIST |
GERD/HEARTBURN | -PRAZOLE | PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR (PPI) |
HYPERLIPIDEMIA (HIGH CHOLESTEROL) | -STATIN OR -VASTATIN | HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR |
HYPERLIPIDEMIA (HIGH CHOLESTEROL) | -IMIBE | 2-AZETIDIONONE |
HYPERLIPIDEMIA (HIGH CHOLESTEROL) | -FIBRATE | FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -DIPINE | CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER (CCB) |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -OLOL | BETA BLOCKER |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -PRIL | ACE INHIBITOR (ACE-I) |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -SARTAN | ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKER (ARB) |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -SEMIDE | LOOP DIURETIC |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -THIAZIDE | THIAZIDE DIURETIC |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -ZOLAMIDE | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITOR |
HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) | -ZOSIN | ALPHA BLOCKER |
MIGRAINE | -TRIPTAN | SEROTONIN 5-HT AGONIST |
NAUSEA AND VOMITING | -SETRON | SEROTONIN 5-HT3 ANTAGONISTS |
OSTEOPOROSIS | -DRONATE | BIPHOSPHONATE |
PAIN | -ADOL | NONNARCOTIC ANALGESIC |
PAIN | -CODONE | OPIATES/NARCOTIC ANALGESICS |
PAIN | -COXIB | COX-2 INHIBITOR |
PAIN | -ERIDINE | PETHIDINE DERIVATIVE |
PAIN | -MORPHONE | OPIATES/NARCOTIC ANLGESICS |
PAIN | -PROFEN | NSAID |
PSYCHOSIS | -PERIDONE | ANTIPSYCHOTIC (ATYPICAL) |
PSYCHOSIS | -APINE | ANTIPSYCHOTIC (ATYPICAL) |
VIRAL INFECTION | -AMIVIR | NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS |
VIRAL INFECTION | -MANTADINE | VIRAL UNCOATING INHIBITORS |
VIRAL INFECTION | -NAVIR | PROTEASE INHIBITOR |
VIRAL INFECTION | VIR OR ANY NAME CONTAINING "VIR" | ANTIVIRAL (NONSPECIFIC) |
VIRAL INFECTION | -VUDINE | NUCELOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR |
ALLERGIES | -ATADINE | ANTIHISTAMINE |