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Drug Stems
The word part of a generic drug that helps identify the classification
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitor | -asteride |
| 5HT Agonist | -triptan |
| 5HT Antagonist | -setron |
| ACE Inhibitor | -pril |
| Alpha Blocker | -zosin |
| Aminoglycoside | -micin,- mycin |
| Androgen | test- |
| Local Anesthetic | -caine |
| Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker | -sartan |
| Inhaled Anticholinergic | -tropium |
| Anticoagulant, | -parin |
| Antifungal | -conazole, -fungin |
| Antipsychotic | -piprazole, -peridol, -peridone |
| Antiviral | -clovir |
| Benzodiazepine | -epam, -olam |
| beta agonist | -terol |
| Mast Cell Stabilizer | -crom |
| Monoclonal Antibody | -mab |
| Nitrate | nitra- |
| NSAID | -profen |
| PDE-5 Inhibitor | -afil |
| Penicillin | -cillin |
| Progestin | -progest |
| Proton Pump Inhibitor | -prazole |
| Quinolone | -oxacin |
| Sulfonamide | sulfa- |
| Tetracycline, | -cycline |
| Tricyclic Antidepressant | -mipramine, -triptyline |
| Macrolide | -thromycin |
| Beta Blocker | -olol |
| Bisphosphonate | -dronate |
| Calcium Channel Blocker | -dipine |
| Cephalosporin | -cef, -ceph |
| Cholinesterase Inhibitor | -stigmine |
| Corticosteroid | -sone, -lone, -pred- |
| Cox-2 Inhibitor | -coxib |
| DPP-4 Inhibitor | -gliptin |
| H2 Blocker | -tidine |
| HMG Co-A Reductase Inhibitor | -vastatin |
| Neuraminidase Inhibitor | -amivir |
| Antihistamine | -tadine |
| Inhaled Anticholinergic | -tropium |
| Leukotriene Inhibitor | -lukast |
| SGLt-2 Inhibitors | -gliflozin |
| Mixed Adrenergic Blocker | -alol |
| SERM, | -oxifene |
| Enzyme, | -ase |
| Barbiturate | barb- |
| COMT Inhibitor | -capone |
| Neuromuscular Blocker | -curium, -curonium |
| Estrogen, | estra- |
| Estrogen Antagonist, | -estrant |
| Fibric Acid Derivative, | -fibri- |
| Gabamenergic, | -gab- |
| TZD, | -glitazone |
| Leukocyte Inducer | -grastim |
| Erythropoeitin | -epotin, -poetin |
| Renin Inhibitors | -kiren |
| Prostaglandin | -prost- |
| Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor | -xostat |
| Xanthine Deriviative | -phyllin |
| Thiazide diuretic | -thiazide |
| Integrase Inhibitor | -tegravir |
| NNRTI | -virenz |
| CCR5 Antagonist | -viroc |
| Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor | -zolamide |