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gab

gabamimetic agents

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about gab 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 gab, without hyphens, which means it can sit anywhere in a name. So the letters gab sit anywhere in the name (gab).

All 19 names WHO lists under gab

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. afizagabar
  2. alogabat
  3. atagabalin
  4. crisugabalin
  5. darigabat
  6. fengabine
  7. gabapentin
  8. gabapentin enacarbil
  9. gaboxadol
  10. imagabalin
  11. lesogaberan
  12. mirogabalin
  13. pivagabine
  14. pregabalin
  15. progabide
  16. retigabine
  17. tiagabine
  18. tolgabide
  19. vigabatrin

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alogabat

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem gab

  • gabinside the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: gabamimetic agents

“alogabat” is an INN that WHO lists under gab in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of gab (Part II B) and the 19 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.