Common Drug Name Stems Cheat Sheet Page 2
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2monte l ukast , zafir l ukast
–lukast
Leukotriene antagonists
capro m ab , daclizu m ab , detumo m ab ,
–mab
Monoclonal antibodies
ri m antadine
–mantadine
Antivirals
gloxi m onam
–monam
Monobactam antibiotics
car m ustine
–mustine
Antineoplastics
linco m ycin
–mycin
Antibiotics (streptomyces strains)
tim o lol , aten o lol
–olol
Beta–blockers (propranolol type)
minax o lone
–olone
Steroids (no prednisone derivatives)
difl o xacin , ciprofl o xacin
–oxacin
Antibiotics (quinolone derivatives)
adi p amide
–pamide
Diuretics (sulfamoylbenzoic acid derivatives)
tia p amil
–pamil
Coronary vasodilators
Heparin derivatives and low molecular weight (or
he p arin , tinza p arin , dalte p arin
–parin
depolymerized) heparins
halo p eridol
–peridol
Antipsychotics (haloperidol type)
e p oetin alfa, e p oetin beta
–poetin
Erythropoietins
lofe p ramine
–pramine
Antidepressants (imipramine type)
pred n icarbate, clo p red n ol
–pred
Prednisone derivatives
enala p ril , temoca p ril , spira p ril
–pril
Antihypertensives (ACE inhibitors)
Anti–inflammatory/analgesic agents (ibuprofen type) flurbi p rofen
–profen
epi r ubicin , ida r ubicin
–rubicin
Antineoplastic antibiotics (daunorubicin type)
lo s artan , epro s artan
–sartan
Angiotensin II receptor antagonists
sulfa s alazine
–sulfa
Antibiotics (sulfonamide derivatives)
chloro t hiazide
–thiazide
Diuretics (thiazide derivatives)
oxy t ocin , pi t ocin
–tocin
Oxytocin derivatives
metho t rexate
–trexate
Antimetabolites (folic acid derivatives)
ami t riptyline
–triptyline
Antidepressants
uracil
Uracil derivatives used as thyroid antagonists and
fluoro u racil
as antineoplastics
lo v astatin , sim v astatin
–vastatin
Antihyperlipidemics (HMG–CoA inhibitors)
vir o xime, en v ir o dyne, ganciclo v ir
vir, vir or vir
Antiviral substances (undefined group)
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