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1) ACE Inhibitors
Captopril
Enalapril
Fosinopril
Lisinopril
Perindopril
Quinapril
Ramipril
Trandolapril
2) Alpha-blockers
Doxazosin
Prazosin
Terazosin
[MCurrivan/ward31/WirralHospital/2009]
Candesartan
Irbesartan
Losartan
Telmisartan
Valsartan
Amlodipine
Felodipine
Isradipine
Lacidipine
Nicardipine
Nifedipine
Note a number of drugs with superficially similar endings: Carbamazepine (an anti-convulsant drug used to treat epilepsy) and
Olanzapine (an anti-psychotic used to treat schizophrenia).
5) Beta-blockers
Atenolol
Bisoprolol
Metoprolol
Propranolol
Sotalol
Not to be mistaken for drugs that end in mol. Many drugs that end with
mol contain Paracetamol as a constituent part.
6) Paracetamol
Co-codamol
Co-dydramol
Domperamol
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or NSAIDs
(anti-inflammatory painkillers that work by reducing prostaglandin levels)
often (but not always) either end with or contain the letters fen
Aceclofenac
Diclofenac
Fenoprofen
Flurbiprofen
Ibuprofen
Ketoprofen
An important exception to the rule: Tamoxifen (a hormone-based drug used in the treatment of
breast cancer) ends in fen but isnt an NSAID).
Two drug groups both of which have an anti-emetic (anti-sickness) effect and
both of which end in zine are -
8) Phenothiazines
Levomepromazine
Prochlorperazine
Trifluoperazine
9) Anti-histamines
Cinnarizine
Cyclizine
Promethazine
Note two important zine ending drugs that are not anti-emetics
10) 5HT3 antagonits (drugs used to treat severe nausea and vomiting)
end in setron
Granisetron
Ondansetron
Tropisetron
[MCurrivan/ward31/WirralHospital/2009]
Cimetidine
Famotidine
Nizatidine
Ranitidine
Lansoprazole
Omeprazole
Pantoprazole
Rabeprazole
13) Antibiotics
Amoxycillin
Ampicillin
Flucloxacillin
Penicillin
Amikacin
Azithromycin
Clarithromycin
Erythromycin
Gentamicin
Levofloxacin
Vancomycin
[MCurrivan/ward31/WirralHospital/2009]
Clonazepam
Diazepam
Flurazepam
Lorazepam
Lormetazepam
Nitrazepam
Oxazepam
Temazepam
15) Bisphosphonates
Alendronate
Clodronate
Etidronate
Pamidronate
Risidronate
Zolendronate
Atorvastatin
Fluvastatin
Pravastatin
Rosuvastatin
Simvastatin
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pril
zosin
cin or cillin
sartan
zepam
olol
dronate
ipine
idine
fen
mol
prazole
vastatin
setron
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