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Common Drug Name Stems Cheat Sheet
Below is a cheat sheet table that has three columns: Drug Stem, Drug Class, and an Example. Each stem has hyphens at one or both ends of its text to show that it is found at the beginning, end, or in the middle of the generic name.
Drug Stem Drug Class and/or Stem Explanation Examples
–alol Combined alpha and beta blockers labet alol , medrox alol
–andr– Androgens n andr olone
–anserin Serotonin 5–HT(sub)2 receptor antagonists alt anserin , trop anserin , alt anserin
–arabine Antineoplastics (arabinofuranosyl derivatives) flud arabine
–ase Enzymes alglucer ase , dorn ase^ alfa
–azepam Antianxiety agents (diazepam type) lor azepam
–azosin Antihypertensives (prazosin type) dox azosin
–bactam Beta–lactamase inhibitors sul bactam
–bamate Tranquilizers/antiepileptics mepro bamate , fel bamate
–barb Barbituric acid derivatives pheno barb ital
–butazone Anti–inflammatory analgesics (phenylbutazone type) mofe butazone
–caine Local anesthetics dibu caine
cef– Cephalosporins cef azolin
–cillin Penicillins ampi cillin
–conazole Antifungals (miconazole type) flu conazole , oxiconazole
–cort– Cortisone derivatives hydro cort isone
–curium Neuromuscular blocking agents atra curium
–cycline Antibiotics (tetracycline type) mino cycline
–dralazine Antihypertensives (hydrazine–phthalazines) hy dralazine
–erg– Ergot alkaloid derivatives p erg olide
estr– Estrogens estr one
–fibrate Antihyperlipidemics beza fibrate
–flurane Inhalation anesthetics en flurane , iso flurane
–gest– Progestins me gest rol
–irudin Anticoagulants des irudin
–leukin Interleukin–2 derivatives tece leukin , aldes leukin
–lukast Leukotriene antagonists monte lukast , zafir lukast
–mab Monoclonal antibodies capro mab , daclizu mab , detumo mab ,
–mantadine Antivirals ri mantadine
–monam Monobactam antibiotics gloxi monam
–mustine Antineoplastics car mustine
–mycin Antibiotics (streptomyces strains) linco mycin
–olol Beta–blockers (propranolol type) tim olol , aten olol
–olone Steroids (no prednisone derivatives) minax olone
–oxacin Antibiotics (quinolone derivatives) difl oxacin , ciprofl oxacin
–pamide Diuretics (sulfamoylbenzoic acid derivatives) adi pamide
–pamil Coronary vasodilators tia pamil
–parin
Heparin derivatives and low molecular weight (or depolymerized) heparins
he parin , tinza parin , dalte parin
–peridol Antipsychotics (haloperidol type) halo peridol
–poetin Erythropoietins e poetin^ alfa, e poetin^ beta
–pramine Antidepressants (imipramine type) lofe pramine
–pred Prednisone derivatives pred nicarbate, clo pred nol
–pril Antihypertensives (ACE inhibitors) enala pril , temoca pril , spira pril
–profen Anti–inflammatory/analgesic agents (ibuprofen type) flurbi profen
–rubicin Antineoplastic antibiotics (daunorubicin type) epi rubicin , ida rubicin
–sartan Angiotensin II receptor antagonists lo sartan , epro sartan
–sulfa Antibiotics (sulfonamide derivatives) sulfa salazine
–thiazide Diuretics (thiazide derivatives) chloro thiazide
–tocin Oxytocin derivatives oxy tocin , pi tocin
–trexate Antimetabolites (folic acid derivatives) metho trexate
–triptyline Antidepressants ami triptyline
uracil Uracil derivatives used as thyroid antagonists and as antineoplastics
fluoro uracil
–vastatin Antihyperlipidemics (HMG–CoA inhibitors) lo vastatin , sim vastatin
vir , vir or vir Antiviral substances (undefined group) vir oxime, en vir odyne, ganciclo vir
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