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CMB-Chapter 11
CMB - Chapter 11 - Drug endings/Drug class
Generic drug prefix/suffix | Drug Class |
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-atadine | Antihistamine |
-bital | Barbiturate |
-toin | Anticonvulsant |
-zepam | Benzodiazepine |
-zolam | Benzodiazepine |
-icam | NSAID |
-lukast | Leukotriene receptor antagonist |
-terol | Beta2-agonist |
-tropium | Anticholinergic |
Cef- | Antibiotic (cephalosporin) |
-cillin | Antibiotic (penicillin) |
-floxacin | Antibiotic (quinolone) |
-mycin | Antibiotic (nonspecific) |
-penem | Antibiotic (carbapenem) |
-prim | Antibiotic |
-pristin | Antibiotic (streptogramin) |
-zosin | Alpha blocker |
-grel | Antiplatelet agent |
-italopram | Selective serotonin receptor inhibitor |
-oxetine | Selective serotonin receptor inhibitor |
-pramine | Tricyclic antidepressant |
-triptyline | Tricyclic antidepressant |
-formin | Biguanide |
-glitazone | Thiazolidinedione |
Gli- gly- | Sulfonylurea |
-afil | Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor |
-conazole | Miconazole derivatives |
-tidine | H2-antagonist |
-prazole | Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) |
-vastatin | HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor |
-dipine | Calcium channel blocker (CCB) |
-olol | Beta blocker |
-pril | ACE inhibitor (ACE-I) |
-sartan | Angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) |
-triptan | Serotonin 5-HT agonist |
-setron | Serotonin 5-HT3 antagonists |
-dronate | Bisphosphonate |
-adol | Non-narcotic analgesic |
-codone | Opiates/ narcotic analgesics |
-morphone | Opiates/ narcotic analgesics |
-profen | NSAID |
-peridone | Antipsychotic (atypical) |
-apine | Antipsychotic (atypical) |
-amivir | Neuraminidase inhibitors |
-mantadine | Viral uncoating inhibitors |
-navir | Protease inhibitor |
-vir or any name containing "vir" | Antiviral (nonspecific) |
-vudine | Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |