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-azepam

diazepam derivatives

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

All 49 names WHO lists under -azepam

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. bentazepam
  2. bromazepam
  3. camazepam
  4. carburazepam
  5. cinolazepam
  6. clonazepam
  7. clotiazepam
  8. cyprazepam
  9. delorazepam
  10. diazepam
  11. doxefazepam
  12. elfazepam
  13. fletazepam
  14. fludiazepam
  15. flunitrazepam
  16. flurazepam
  17. flutemazepam
  18. flutoprazepam
  19. fosazepam
  20. halazepam
  21. iclazepam
  22. lopirazepam
  23. lorazepam
  24. lormetazepam
  25. meclonazepam
  26. medazepam
  27. menitrazepam
  28. metaclazepam
  29. motrazepam
  30. nimetazepam
  31. nitrazepam
  32. nordazepam
  33. nortetrazepam
  34. oxazepam
  35. pinazepam
  36. pivoxazepam
  37. prazepam
  38. premazepam
  39. proflazepam
  40. quazepam
  41. reclazepam
  42. ripazepam
  43. sulazepam
  44. temazepam
  45. tetrazepam
  46. tolufazepam
  47. tuclazepam
  48. uldazepam
  49. zolazepam

Decode another name

Decoded

diazepam

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -azepam

  • -azepamend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: diazepam derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -azepam (Part II B) and the 49 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.