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Drug name endings
-and what they can tell you
Drugs w/ these endings | usually belong to this class |
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-caine | local anesthetics |
-cillin | antibiotics |
-dine | histamine H2 blockers (antiulcer) |
-ide | oral hypoglycemics |
-done | opioid analgesics |
-lam | antianxiety |
-micin | antibiotics |
-mide | diuretics |
-mycin | antibiotics |
-lol | B-blocker |
-oxacin | antibiotics |
-pam | antianxiety |
-pril | ACE inhibitor |
-sone | steroids |
-statin | antihyperlipidemic |
-vir | antiviral |
-zide | diuretics |