GENERIC DRUG SUFFIXES Flashcards
ACTONE
POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS (INCREASE THE FLOW OF URINE AND ENHANCE THE LOSS OF SODIUM)
ARTAN
ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS (A2RBs) (BLOCK ANGIOTENSIN II ENZYMES FROM SPECIFIC RECEPTOR SITES, HELP PROHIBIT VASOCONSTRICTION)
AZOSIN
ALPHA-ANDRENERGIC BLOCKERS (RELAX THE VEINS AND ARTERIES SO BLOOD CAN EASILY PASS THROUGH; ANTIHYPERTENSIVES
CILLIN
ANTIBIOTICS (INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF OR KILL BACTERIAL MICROORGANISMS)
CODONE
OPIOD PAIN RELIEVERS (HELP TO BLOCK PAIN SIGNALS IN THE BRAIN TO MAKE A PATIENT “FORGET” ABOUT HIS OR HER PAIN)
CYCLINE
ANTIBIOTICS (INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF OR KILL BACTERIAL MICROORGANISMS)
EMIDE
LOOP DIURETICS (INCREASE THE FLOW OF URINE AND ENHANCE THE LOSS OF SODIUM)
FLOXACIN
ANTIBIOTICS (INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF OR KILL BACTERIAL MICROORGANISMS)
MYCIN
ANTIBIOTICS (INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF OR KILL BACTERIAL MICROORGANISMS)
OLOL
BETA-BLOCKERS OR BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS (BLOCK ANDRELAINE RECEPTORS AND MEDIATE A FLIGHT-OR-FIGHT RESPONSE, WHICH CAUSES ACTIONS IN THE HEART)
OLONE, SONE
REDUCE INFLAMMATION
PAM
BENZODIAZEPINES (REDUCE ANXIETY, RELAX MUSCLES, SEDATE, INDUCE SLEEP)
PINE
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS (RELAX THE VEINS AND ARTERIES SO BLOOD CAN EASILY PASS THROUGH; ANTIHYPERTENSIVES)
PRIL
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS (ACE) (BLOCK THE CONVERSION OF ANGIOTENSIN I TO ANGIOTENSIN II; MAY REDUCE THE CHANCE OF INCREASED VASOCONTRICTION OR BLOOD PRESSURE
RAZOLE
PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS (INHIBIT THE ACTION OF THE GASTRIC PROTON PUMP, REDUCING GASTRIC ACID PRODUCTION)
