Pharmacology Essentials
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Learn the drug name suffixes that give away an entire class, then the mechanism, the side effects and the interactions behind each one. Once you know that -pril means ACE inhibitor and -olol means beta blocker, hundreds of drugs collapse into a few dozen patterns.
- The suffix -pril identifies which drug class?
- ACE inhibitors
- The suffix -sartan identifies which drug class?
- Angiotensin II receptor blockers, the ARBs
- The suffix -olol identifies which drug class?
- Beta blockers
- The suffix -statin identifies which drug class?
- HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, the statins
- The suffix -dipine identifies which drug class?
- Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers
- Which calcium channel blockers slow the heart as well as dilate vessels?
- The non-dihydropyridines, verapamil and diltiazem
- The suffix -prazole identifies which drug class?
- Proton pump inhibitors
- The suffix -tidine identifies which drug class?
- Histamine H2 receptor blockers
- The suffix -cillin identifies which drug class?
- Penicillin class antibiotics
- The suffix -cycline identifies which drug class?
- Tetracyclines
- The suffix -floxacin identifies which drug class?
- Fluoroquinolones
- The suffixes -micin and -mycin on gentamicin and tobramycin identify which class?
- Aminoglycosides
- The suffix -thromycin identifies which drug class?
- Macrolides
- The suffixes -pam and -lam identify which drug class?
- Benzodiazepines
- The suffix -barbital identifies which drug class?
- Barbiturates
- The suffix -triptan identifies which drug class?
- Triptans, used for acute migraine
- The suffix -mab identifies what kind of drug?
- A monoclonal antibody
- The suffix -nib identifies which drug class?
- Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
- The suffix -parin identifies which drug class?
- Heparins
- The suffix -xaban identifies which drug class?
- Direct factor Xa inhibitors
- The suffix -vir identifies what kind of drug?
- An antiviral
- The suffix -conazole identifies which drug class?
- Azole antifungals
- The suffix -zosin identifies which drug class?
- Alpha-1 adrenergic blockers
- The suffix -terol identifies which drug class?
- Beta-2 adrenergic agonists
- The suffix -tropium identifies which drug class?
- Inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilators
- The suffix -setron identifies which drug class?
- 5-HT3 receptor antagonists, the antiemetics
- Glipizide and glyburide belong to which drug class?
- Sulfonylureas
- The suffix -gliptin identifies which drug class?
- DPP-4 inhibitors
- The suffix -glutide identifies which drug class?
- GLP-1 receptor agonists
- The suffix -gliflozin identifies which drug class?
- SGLT2 inhibitors