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-drine

sympathomimetics

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

All 23 names WHO lists under -drine

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. alifedrine
  2. bedoradrine
  3. butidrine
  4. cafedrine
  5. cinnamedrine
  6. corbadrine
  7. dioxifedrine
  8. etafedrine
  9. levopropylhexedrine
  10. meluadrine
  11. methoxyphedrine
  12. midodrine
  13. norbudrine
  14. octodrine
  15. oxyfedrine
  16. pholedrine
  17. propylhexedrine
  18. pseudoephedrine
  19. racephedrine
  20. ritodrine
  21. theophylline ephedrine
  22. tinofedrine
  23. trecadrine

Decode another name

Decoded

butidrine

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -drine

  • -drineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: sympathomimetics

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -drine (Part II B) and the 23 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.