DRUG

FAMILY NAMES

CNS / NEUROMUSCULAR
FAMILY NAME

TYPE OF DRUG

-chol
-tropScop-stigmine

Muscarinic Agonist

-curium
-curonium

Nondepolarizing
Neuromuscular Blocker

-ane

Inhaled Anesthetic

-caine
-pam or
-lam

Local Anesthetic

-tal

Barbiturate

Nal-one

Opioid Antagonist

-zine

Typical Antipsychotic or
Antihistamine

-apine
-idone

Atypical Antipsychotic

-capone

COMT Inhibitor for

Parkinsons Disease

Muscarinic Blocker
Achase Inhibitor

Benzodiazepine

INFECTIOUS DISEASE
EXAMPLE

Carbachol
Atropine
Scopolamine
Neostigmine
Atracurium
Mivacurium
Pancuronium
Halothane
Lidocaine
Diazepam
Lorazepam
Phenobarbital
Thiopental
Naloxone
Naltrexone
Chlorpromazine
Thioridazine
Clozapine
Risperidone
Tolcapone
Entacapone

FAMILY NAME
-penem

TYPE OF DRUG
Cell wall inhibitor
(very broad spectrum)

-floxacin

Fluoroquinolone

-conazole
azole drugs

Antifungal

-quine

Antimalarial

-ovir

Antiviral (Herpes)DNA
Polymerase Inhibitors

-ivir

Antiviral (Influenza)
Neuraminidase Inhibitor

Zanamivir
Oseltamivir

-avir

Antiviral (AIDS/HIV)
Protease Inhibitor

Indinavir
Ritonavir

GI SYSTEM
FAMILY NAME

CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL

FAMILY NAME

TYPE OF DRUG

-olol
-alol
-ilol
-dipine

Beta Blocker
Beta Blocker + Something
Else
Vascular CCB

-zosin

Alpha-1 blocker

-pril
-sartan
-darone
-statin

ACEI
ARB
Antiarrhythmic
HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitor

-zolamide

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor

-semide

Loop Diuretic
Low Molecular Weight (LMW)
Heparins

-parin
-rudin

Direct Thrombin Inhibitor

EXAMPLE
Propranolol
Sotalol
Carvedilol
Nifedipine
Prazosin
Doxazosin
Terazosin
Captopril
Losartan
Amiodarone
Lovastatin
Acetazolamide
Dorzolamide
Furosemide

FAMILY NAME

TYPE OF DRUG

Vin-

Microtubule Inhibitors

-rubicin

Cancer Drug

-mab

Monoclonal Antibody Drug

-tinib

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor

TYPE OF DRUG

-tidine

H2 blocker

-prazole

PPI

-glitazone

PPAR Gamma Activators

(Diabetes)

Pioglitazone

-gliptin

DPP4 Inhibitors (Diabetes)

Sitagliptin

-setron

5HT3 Blocker (Antiemetic)

Ondansetron
Granisetron

MISCELLANEOUS
FAMILY NAME

TYPE OF DRUG

-coxib

Enoxaparin

-prost-

Prostaglandin drug

Bivalirudin
Lepirudin

-dronate

-lukasts

-rinone

Bisphosphonate
(Osteoporosis)
PDE 5 Inhibitor for Erectile
Dysfunction
PDE 3 Inhibitor for CHF

-triptan

5HT1d Receptor Agonist

-fil

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE
Cimetidine
Ranitidine
Omeprazole

Leukotriene Receptor
Antagonists
Selective COX2 Inhibitors

ONCOLOGY

EXAMPLE
Imipenem
Meropenem
Ciprofloxacin
Levofloxacin
Ketoconazole
Fluconazole
Itraconazole
Chloroquine
Primaquine
Acyclovir
Ganciclovir
Valacyclovir

EXAMPLE
Zafirlukast
Montelukast
Celecoxib
Misoprostol
Alprostadil
Alendronate
Pamidronate
Sildenifil
Amrinone
Sumatriptan

Vincristine
Vinblastine
Doxorubicin
Daunorubicin
Rituximab
Trastuzumab
Imatinib

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