Common Drug Suffixes and their Meanings

Question 1

trop/Scop

Answer 1

Suffix indicating drugs with anti-muscarinic properties, such as atropine and scopolamine

Question 2

-curium/-coronium

Answer 2

Suffix indicating non-depolarizing paralytic drugs, for example, atracurium and rocuronium

Question 3

-aine

Answer 3

Suffix indicating Na+ channel blocker/local anesthetic drugs, like lidocaine, proparacaine, and cocaine

Question 4

-pam/-lam

Answer 4

Suffix indicating benzodiazepine drugs, for instance, diazepam, lorazepam, and midazolam

Question 5

-peridol

Answer 5

Suffix indicating typical antipsychotic drugs, such as haloperidol and droperidol

Question 6

-apine/-idone

Answer 6

Suffix indicating atypical antipsychotic drugs, like ziprasidone, risperidone, and olanzapine

Question 7

-olol

Answer 7

Suffix indicating beta blocker drugs, for example, metoprolol and esmolol

Question 8

-alol/-ilol

Answer 8

Suffix indicating beta blocker combined with another drug, such as labetalol and carvedilol

Combined Alpha and Beta Blockers

Question 9

-pril

Answer 9

Suffix indicating ACE inhibitor drugs, like captopril

Question 10

-dipine

Answer 10

Suffix indicating vaso-specific Ca2+ channel blocker drugs, for instance, nicardipine, nifedipine, and clevidipine

Question 11

-sartan

Answer 11

Term for angiotensin receptor blocker drugs, such as losartan

Question 12

-statin

Answer 12

Term for antihyperlipidemic drugs, like atorvastatin and rosuvastatin

Question 13

Diuretic

Answer 13

Type of drug that increases the production of urine, including loop diuretics (e.g., furosemide) and thiazide diuretics (e.g., hydrochlorothiazide)

Question 14

Histamine-2 Blocker

Answer 14

Type of drug that inhibits the production of stomach acid, for example, ranitidine and famotidine

Question 15

Proton Pump Inhibitor

Answer 15

Type of drug that reduces the production of stomach acid, such as omeprazole

Question 16

-semide

Answer 16

loop diuretic (furosemide)

Question 17

-zide

Answer 17

thiazide diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide)

Question 18

-tidine

Answer 18

H2 receptor antagonists (ranitidine, famotidine)

Question 19

-prazole

Answer 19

Proton Pump Inhibitor (omeprazole, lansoprazole)<br></br>Therapeutic Use: gastric and peptic ulcer, GERD, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome