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Drug Terminology
Mid-term
| Condition Treated | Generic prefix/suffix | Drug Class | Generic/Name Brand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial Infection Penicillin | -cillin | Antibiotic- Penicillin | Amoxicillin/Amoxil |
| Bacterial Infection Quinolone | -floxacin | Antibiotic- Quinolone | Ciprofloxacin/Cipro Lovofloxacin/Levaquin |
| Bacterial Infection Misc. | -mycin | Antibiotic-Misc. | Azithromycin/Zithromax Clindamycin/Ceocin |
| Bacterial Infection Trimethoprim | -prim | Antibotic- Trimethoprim | Trimethoprim/Bactrim |
| Blood clot prevention | -grel | Antiplatelet agent | Clopidogrel/Plavix |
| Diabetes Biguanide | -formin | Biguanide | Metformin/Glucophage |
| Diabetes TZD | -glitazone | TZD | Pioglitazone/Actos Rosiglitazone/Avandia |
| GERD/Heartburn H2-Antagonist | -tidine | H2-Antagonist | Famotidine/Pepcid Ranitidine/Zantac |
| GERD/Hearburn PPI | -prazole | PPI Proton Pump Inhibitor | Esomeprazole/Nexium Lansoprazole/Prevacid Omeprazole/Prilosec Pantoprazole/Protonix Rabeprazole/Aciphex |
| High Cholesterol HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor | -statin or -vastatin | HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor | Atorvastatin/Lipitor Pravastatin/Proavochol Rosuvastatin/Crestor |
| High Cholesterol 2-Azetidinone | -imibe | 2-Azetidinone | Ezetimibe/Zetia |
| High Cholesterol Fibric acid derivative | -fibrate | Fibric acid derivative | Fenofibrate/Tricor |
| BPH | -zosin | Alpha blocker | Terazosin/Hytrin |
| Hypertension CCB | -dipine | Calcium Channel Blocker (CCB) | Amlodipine/Norvasc Felodipine/Plendil Nifedipine/Adalat,Procardia |
| Hypertension Beta Blocker | -olol | Beta Blocker | Antenolol/Tenormin Metoprolol/Lopressor,Toprol Propranolol/Inderal |
| Hypertension ACE | -pril | ACE | Benazepril/Lotensin Fosinopril/Monopril Lisinopril/Prinivil,Zestril Quinapril/Accupril |
| Hypertension ARB | -sartan | ARB | Losartan/Cozaar,Hyzaar Valsartan/Diovan |
| Hypertension Loop diuretic | -semide | Loop diuretic | Furosemide/Lasix |
| Hypertension TZD | -thiazide | TZD | Hydrochlorothiazide |
| Hypertension Alph Blocker | -zosin | Alph Blocker | Terazosin/Hytrin Doxazosin/Cardura |
| Osteoprorosis | -dronate | Biphosphonate | Alendronate/Fosamax Risendronate/Actonel |
| Pain Non-Narcotic Analgesic | -adol | Non-Narcotic Analgesic | Tramadol/Ultram |
| Pain Opiates/narcotic analgesics | -codone | Opiates/narcotic analgesics | Hydrocodone/Lortab,Vicodin,Lorcet Oxycodone/Oxycontin,Percocet |
| Pain COX-2 inhibitor | -coxib | COX-2 inhibitor | Celecoxib/Celebrex |
| Pain NSAID | -profen | NSAID | Ibuprofen/Advil,Midol,Motrin |
| Allergies | -atadine | Antihistamine | Clarinex Claritin Patanol |
| Alzheimer's | -pezil | Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor | Donepezil (Aricept) |
| Anxiety / Sedative barbiturate | -bital | Barbiturate | Amobarbital (Amytal) Pentobarbital |
| Anxiety / Sedative Anticonvulsant | -toin | Anticonvulsant | Albutoin Phenytoin (Dilantin) |
| Anxiety / Sedative Benzodiazepine | -zepam | Benzodiazepine | Clonazepam (Klonopin) Diazepam (Valium) Lorazepam (Ativan) |
| Anxiety / Sedative Benzodiazepines | -zolam | Benzodiazepines | Alprzolam (Xanax) |
| Asthma Leukotriene receptor | -lukast | Leukoriene receptor | Montelukast (Singulair) |
| Asthma Beta 2 - agonist | -terol | Beta2-agonist | Albuterol (Proventil) Salmeterol (Serevent) |
| Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) | -zosin | Alpha blocker | Terazosin (Hytrin) |
| Depression SSRI's | -italopram | SSRI | Citalopram (Celexa) Escitalopram (Lexapro) |
| Depression SSRI's | -oxetine | SSRI | Fluoxetine (Prozac) Paroxetine (Paxil) |
| Depression Tricyclic | -pramine | Tricyclic | Desipramine (Norpramin) Trimipramine (Surmontil) |
| Depression tricyclic | -triptyline | Tricyclic | Amitryptyline Nortryptyline (Pamelor) Protryptyline (Vivacal) |
| Erectile Dysfunction | -afil | Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor | Sildenafil (Viagra) Tadafil (Cialis) Vardenafil (Levitra) |
| Fungal infection | -conazole | Miconazole | Fluconazole (Diflucan) Miconazole (Micatin) Sulconazole (Exelderm) |
| Migraine | -triptan | Serotonin 5-HT agonist | Zolmitriptan (Zomig) Sumatriptan (Imitrex) |
| Psychosis Antipsychotic (atypical) | -peridone | Antipsychotic | Risperidone (Risperdal) |
| Psychosis Antipsychotic | -apine | Antipsychotic | Clozapine (Olanzapine) Olanzapine (Zyprexa) Quetiapine (Seroquel) |
| Viral infections Neuraminidase inhibitors | -amivir | Neuraminidase inhibitors | Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) |
| Viral Infection Viral Uncoating Inhibitors | -mantadine | Viral Uncoating inhibitors | Rimantadine (Flumadine) |
| Viral Infection Protease Inhibitor | -navir | Protease inhibitor | Nelfinavir (Viracept) Atazanavir (Reyataz) |
| Viral Infection nonspecific | -vir | Antiviral | Abacavir (Epzicom) Valacyclovir (Valtrex) |
| Viral Infection Nuceloside reverse transcriptase inhibitor | -vudine | Lamivudine (Combivir) Stavudine (Zerit) | |
| Arthritis NSAID | -icam | NSAID | Meloxicam/Mobic |
| Bacterial Infection | -Cef | Antibiotic-Cephalosporin | Cefdnir/Omnicef |
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