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WHO naming stem · suffix · 54 listed names

-adol/-adol-

analgesics

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -adol/-adol- as a part of a name. It has nothing on uses, doses, side effects or interactions of any medicine that carries it, and nothing here is medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or doctor about the medicine itself.

Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -adol/-adol-. It has 2 spellings or places: adol at the end of the name (…adol); adol inside the name, with letters before and after it (…adol…).

Of the 54 names WHO lists under it, 39 carry adol at the end of the name, 15 carry adol inside the name, with letters before and after it.

All 54 names WHO lists under -adol/-adol-

These are the INN in group (a) of Part IV of the stem book: names in which WHO says the stem is used as defined. The stem is marked where WHO places it. A-Z as WHO lists them.

  1. acetylmethadol
  2. alimadol
  3. alphacetylmethadol
  4. alphamethadol
  5. apadoline
  6. asimadoline
  7. axomadol
  8. befiradol
  9. betacetylmethadol
  10. betamethadol
  11. bromadoline
  12. cebranopadol
  13. ciprefadol
  14. ciramadol
  15. cloracetadol
  16. desmetramadol
  17. dibusadol
  18. dimenoxadol
  19. diproxadol
  20. eluxadoline
  21. enadoline
  22. faxeladol
  23. filenadol
  24. flumexadol
  25. fluradoline
  26. gaboxadol
  27. indantadol
  28. insalmadol
  29. levacetylmethadol
  30. levonantradol
  31. lexanopadol
  32. lorcinadol
  33. moxadolen
  34. myfadol
  35. nafoxadol
  36. nantradol
  37. nerbacadol
  38. noracymethadol
  39. oxapadol
  40. picenadol
  41. pinadoline
  42. pipradimadol
  43. pipramadol
  44. pravadoline
  45. profadol
  46. radolmidine
  47. ruzadolane
  48. spiradoline
  49. tapentadol
  50. tazadolene
  51. tolpadol
  52. tramadol
  53. vadoline
  54. veradoline

Decode another name

Decoded

myfadol

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -adol/-adol-

  • -adol/-adol-end of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: analgesics

“myfadol” is an INN that WHO lists under -adol/-adol- in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -adol/-adol- (Part II B) and the 54 names (Part IV, group (a)) are from Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024 (World Health Organization, Stem book 2024 (ISBN 978-92-4-009938-8); covers proposed INN Lists 1-129). Checked .

Adapted from: Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. This adaptation was not created by WHO; WHO is not responsible for its content or accuracy and does not endorse this site. The data file stems.json is shared under the same licence.