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-astine

antihistaminics

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -astine 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 -astine. So the letters astine sit at the end of the name (…astine).

All 28 names WHO lists under -astine

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. acrivastine
  2. alinastine
  3. azelastine
  4. bamirastine
  5. barmastine
  6. bepotastine
  7. bilastine
  8. carebastine
  9. clemastine
  10. dorastine
  11. ebastine
  12. emedastine
  13. epinastine
  14. flezelastine
  15. levocabastine
  16. linetastine
  17. mapinastine
  18. mizolastine
  19. moxastine
  20. noberastine
  21. octastine
  22. perastine
  23. piclopastine
  24. rocastine
  25. setastine
  26. talastine
  27. temelastine
  28. zepastine

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ebastine

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -astine

  • -astineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: antihistaminics

“ebastine” is an INN that WHO lists under -astine in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -astine (Part II B) and the 28 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.