Medication classifications

Question 1

What are medications that end in “pril”?

Answer 1

Ace inhibitors. Antihypertensives

Question 2

What are medications that end in -olol?

Answer 2

Beta blockers- lower BP, HR, and CO

Question 3

What are medications that end in -cin/-mycin?

Answer 3

Aminoglycosides- antibacterial

Question 4

What are medications that end in -pam/-pate/-lam?

Answer 4

Benzos- antianxiety/ Anticonvulsive/ sedative

Question 5

What are medications that end in - zine?

Answer 5

Thiazines - Antipsycotic/Antimetic/sedative

Question 6

What is pMDI?

Answer 6

Pressurised metered-dose inhalers- they are small hand-held puffers containing multiple doses of the active drug.
Spacers and face masks may help improve drug administration.

Question 7

What do medications that end in -azepam do?

Answer 7

Benzodiazepine=Anti-anxiety agents (diazepram)

Question 8

What do medications that end in -caine do?

Answer 8

They are local anaesthetics. (dibuccaine)

Question 9

What do medications that end in -cillin do?

Answer 9

They are Penicillins (amoxicillin)

Question 10

What do medications that have -cort in it do?

Answer 10

They are Cortisone derivatives (hydrocortisone)

Question 11

What do medications that end in -conazole do?

Answer 11

They are antifungals (miconazole type) -fluconazole

Question 12

What do medications that end in -oxacin do?

Answer 12

They are antibiotics (quinolone derivatives) -difloxacin

Question 13

What do medications that end in -pamil do?

Answer 13

They are coronary vasodilators. ( Tiapamil

Question 14

What do medications that end in -profen do?

Answer 14

They are anti-inflammatory/analgesic agents (ibuprofen type)

Question 15

What do medications that end in -peridol do?

Answer 15

They are antipsychotics - (haloperidol)

Question 16

What do drugs that end in -coxib do?

Answer 16

They are cyclo-coxygenase-2 inhibitors (cox2)

Question 17

what are -sartan drugs?

Answer 17

They are apart of the angiotensin II receptor antagonist group.

Question 18

What drug group are the -dipine from ?

Answer 18

They are apart of the calcium channel blockers.

Question 19

What drug group are the -floxacin from?

Answer 19

They are apart of the Quinolone antibiotics.

Question 20

What drug group are the Gli- from?

Answer 20

They are apart of the second generation sulfonylurea

Question 21

What drug group are the -mab from?

Answer 21

They are apart of the monoclonal antibody.

Question 22

What drug group are the -oprost from?

Answer 22

They are apart of the prostaglandin analogue

Question 23

What drug group are the -statin from?

Answer 23

They are from the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

Question 24

What drug group are the -tidine from?

Answer 24

They are from the Histamine-2 receptor anagonist

Question 25

What drug group are the -tinib from?

Answer 25

They are from the Tyrosine kinase inhibitor.