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What are ACE Inhibitors?

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Drugs used to treat hypertension, heart failure, diabetic nephrology or to reduce the likelihood of myocardial infarction. ACE inhibitors can be recognized by names that end with the letters “pril”.

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What does ACE stand for?

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Angiotension-converting enzyme

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What are alpha-blockers?

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Drugs used to treat hypertension or urinary obstruction due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. Most alpha-blockers have names ending in “osin”.

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What are three exceptions for alpha-blockers that do not end in “osin”?

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Indoramin
Phenoxybenzamine
Phentolamine

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ACE Inhibitors that end in “pril”…

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Captopril
Cilazapril
Enalapril
Fosinopril
Lisinopril
Quinapril
Ramipril
Trandolapril
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Alpha-blockers that end in “osin”…

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Alfuzosin
Doxazosin
Prazosin 
Tamsulosin
Terazosin
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What are Angiotension-ll Receptor Antagonists?

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Drugs used to treat hypertension, heart failure or diabetic nephropathy. Angiotension-ll Receptor Antagonists end with “sartan”.

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Angiotension-ll Receptor Antagonists that end in “sartan”…

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Candesartan 
Irbesartan
Losartan
Teimisartan
Valsartan
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What are Antibiotics?

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Drugs used to treat bacterial infections: with different kinds of antibiotics used to treat particular kinds of bacteria.

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Many antibiotics have names ending in “cin”. More specifically: antibiotics of the quinolone class end with “floxacin”…

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Amikacin
Ciprofloxacin
Clarithromycin
Erythromycin 
Gentamicin
Levofloxacin
Rifampicin
Vancomycin
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Penicillins can be identified by the suffix “calling”…

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Amoxicillin
Ampicillin
Flucloxacillin
Penicillin

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Antibiotics of the cephalosporin class have names beginning with “cef”…

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Cefalexin
Ceftazidime
Ceftriaxone

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Carbapenem antibiotics end with “penem”…

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Doripenem
Imipenem (given with enzyme inhibitor cilastatin).
Meropenem

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Tetracycline antibiotics end with “cycline”…

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Doxycycline
Lymecycline
Tigecycline

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Rifamycin antibiotics have names beginning with “rif”…

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Rifabutin

Rifampicin

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What are some exceptions: despite ending in “cin” that you should not mistake for antibiotics …

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Acemetacin (NSAIDs)
Indometacin (NSAIDs)
Darifenacin (antimuscarinic drug)
Solifenacin (antimuscarinic drug)
Oxytocin (a drug used in obstetrics)
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What are benzodiazepines?

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Sedatives given to treat insomnia, reduce anxiety or to prevent or treat seizures. Most benzodiazepines have names ending with either “azepam” or “azolam”

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Benzodiazepines that end in “azepam”…

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Clonazepam
Diazepam
Flurazepam
Lorazepam
Lormetazepam
Nitrazepam
Oxazepam
Temazepam
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Benzodiazepines that end in “azolam”…

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Alprazolam
Loprazolam
Midazolam

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An important benzodiazepine that has a different suffix…

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Chlordiazepoxide

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What is chlordiazepoxide often used for?

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Chlodiazepoxide is a benzodiazepine often used to help manage the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

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What are beta-blockers?

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Drugs used to treat conditions such as hypertension, angina, heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia. They end with “lol” or “olol”.

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Beta-blocker that end in “lol”…

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Sotalol

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Beta-blocker that end in “olol”…

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Atenolol
Bisoprolol
Esmolol
Metoprolol
Nebovolol
Propranolol
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Beta-blockers ending in "lol" should not be mistaken for drugs that end in ....
"Amol"
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What are Bisphosphonates?
Drugs used to treat osteoporosis or hypercalcemia. Bisphosphonates have names that end with "dronate" or "dronic acid".
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What do Bisphosphonates do?
The drug inhibits bone re-absorption and so helps preserve bone density and prevent the release of excess calcium into the bloodstream.
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Bisphosphonates that end with "dronate"...
Clodronate Pamidronate Risedronate
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Bisphosphonates that end with "dronic acid"...
Alendronic acid | Zoledronic acid
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What are Class ll Calcium Channel Blockers?
Drugs used to treat hypertension or angina. Have names ending in "dipine".
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Class ll Calcium Channel Blockers that end in "dipine"...
``` Amlodipine Felodipine Isradipine Lacidipine Nicardipine Nifedipine ```
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What are corticosteroids?
Drugs given to reduce inflammation or to treat allergic, asthmatic or rheumatic disorders. Most corticosteroids have names ending in "sone", "solone", "olone", or "sonide".
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Corticosteroids that end in "sone"...
``` Beclometasone Betamethasone Dexamethasone Fludrocortisone Flumetasone Fluticasone Hydrocortisone Mometasone ```
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Corticosteroids that end in "solone" or "olone"...
Diflucortolone Methylprednisolone Prednisolone
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Corticosteroids that end in "sonide"...
Budesonide | Ciclesonide
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What are 5HT3 Antagonists?
Antiemetics used to treat severe nausea and vomiting, they end with "setron".
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5HT3 Antagonists...
Dolasetron Granisetron Ondansetron Palonosetron
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What are H2 Blockers?
Drugs used to treat oesophageal reflux, dyspepsia and gastric ulcers, end with the suffix "tidine".
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H2 Blockers...
Cimetidine Famotidine Nizatidine Rantidine
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What is a drug ending in "tidine" that is not an H2 Blocker?
Azacitidine- a chemotherapy drug.
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What does NSAID stand for?
Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory drug
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What do NSAIDs do?
Anti-inflammatory painkillers that work by reducing prostaglandin levels. Many NSAIDs are derived from acetic acid, fenamic acid or propionic acid and tend to have names that end with "ac", "fenac" or "profen".
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NSAIDs that end with "ac" or "fenac"...
Aceclofenac Diclofenac Etodolac Ketorolac
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NSAIDs that end in "profen"...
``` Dexibuprofen Dexketoprofen Fenbufen Fenoprofen Flurbiprofen Ibuprofen Ketoprofen ```
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What is Paracetamol?
A painkiller that also has an antipyretic effect.
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What are Phenothiazines?
Antipsychotic drugs developed in the 1950s to treat schizophrenia but some of which are now used as antiemetics. They end with either "promazine" or "perazine".
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Phenothiazines...
Chlorpromazine Levomepromazine Prochlorperazine Trifluoperazine
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What are Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)?
Drugs used to prevent or treat gastric or duodenal ulcers, have names ending in "prazole".
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List proton pump Inhibitors...
``` Esomeprazole Lansoprazole Omeprazole Pantoprazole Rabeprazole ```
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What is the name of the drug ending in "prazol" that is not a PPI?
Aripiprazole - an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia.
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What are Statins?
Hypolipidaemic agents, drugs used to lower abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the blood. Statins end with the suffix "vastatin".
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List Statins ending in "vastatin"...
``` Atorvastatin Fluvastatin Pravastatin Rosuvastatin Simvastatin ```
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What drugs should you not mistaken for cholesterol-lowering agents?
Nystatin - an antifungal drug Pentostatin - an anticancer drug Cilastatin - an enzyme inhibitor given with the antibiotic iipenem.
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What are sulphonylureas?
Drugs given to help treat type ll diabetes. Most sulphonylureas can be recognized by names that begin with the prefix "gli".
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List sulphoylureas...
``` Glibenclamide Gliclazide Glimepiride Glipizide Tolbutamide ```
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What do ACe Inhibitors end with?
Pril
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What do most Alpha-blockers end with?
Osin
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What do many antibiotics end with?
Cin
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What do carbapenem antibiotics end with?
Penem
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What do cephalosporin antibiotics begin with?
Cef
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What do Penicillin antibiotics end with?
Cillin
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What do quinolone antibiotics end with?
Floxacin
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What do rifamycin antibiotics begin with?
Rif
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What do tetracycline antibiotics end with?
Cycline
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What do Angiotension-ll Receptor Antagonists end with?
Sartan
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What do benzodiazepines end with?
Azepam or azolam
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What do Beta-blockers end with?
Olol or lol
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What do Bisphosphonates end with?
Dronate or dronic acid
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What do class ll Calcium Channel Blockers end with?
Dipine
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What do corticosteroids end with?
Sone, solone, olone, sonide
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What to 5HT3 Antagonists end with
Setron
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What do H2 Blockers end with?
Tidine
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What do most NSAIDs end with?
Ac, fenac, or profen
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What do paracetamol compounds end with?
Amol
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What do phenothiazines end with?
Promazine or perazine
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What do Proton pump Inhibitors end with?
Prazole
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What do statins end with?
Vastatin
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What do sulphonylureas begin with?
Gli

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