Sometimes Drugs Suffixes Provide clues to the type of Drug.
Learning Prefixes and Suffixes was never so easy as it is now. here represents the common collection of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and word stems used in Pharmacology Drugs.
Pharmacology Medical Suffixes Cheat Sheet
- Amil = calcium channel blockers
- Caine = local anesthetics
- Dine = anti-ulcer agents (H2 histamine blockers)
- Done = opioid analgesics
- Ide = oral hypoglycemics
- Lam = anti-anxiety agents
- Oxacin = broad spectrum antibiotics
- Micin = antibiotics
- Mide = diuretics
- Mycin = antibiotics
- Nuim = neuromuscular blockers
- Olol = beta blockers
- Pam = anti-anxiety agents
- Pine = calcium channel blockers
- Pril = ace inhibitors
- Sone = steroids
- Statin =antihyperlipidemics
- Vir = anti-virais
- Zide = diuretics
