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WHO naming stem · infix · 33 listed names

-cain-

class I antiarrhythmics, procainamide and lidocaine derivatives

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -cain- 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 -cain-. So the letters cain sit inside the name, with letters before and after it (…cain…).

All 33 names WHO lists under -cain-

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. acecainide
  2. asocainol
  3. barucainide
  4. bucainide
  5. carcainium chloride
  6. carocainide
  7. droxicainide
  8. encainide
  9. epicainide
  10. erocainide
  11. flecainide
  12. guafecainol
  13. indecainide
  14. itrocainide
  15. ketocainol
  16. lorcainide
  17. milacainide
  18. modecainide
  19. murocainide
  20. nicainoprol
  21. nofecainide
  22. pilsicainide
  23. pincainide
  24. procainamide
  25. quinacainol
  26. recainam
  27. ricainide
  28. solpecainol
  29. stirocainide
  30. suricainide
  31. tocainide
  32. transcainide
  33. verocainine

Decode another name

Decoded

recainam

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -cain-

  • -cain-inside the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: class I antiarrhythmics, procainamide and lidocaine derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -cain- (Part II B) and the 33 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.