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-grel-/-grel

platelet aggregation inhibitors

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -grel-/-grel 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 -grel-/-grel. It has 2 spellings or places: grel inside the name, with letters before and after it (…grel…); grel at the end of the name (…grel).

Of the 31 names WHO lists under it, 10 carry grel inside the name, with letters before and after it, 21 carry grel at the end of the name.

All 31 names WHO lists under -grel-/-grel

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. anagrelide
  2. camonagrel
  3. cangrelor
  4. clopidogrel
  5. dazmegrel
  6. elinogrel
  7. furegrelate
  8. isbogrel
  9. itazigrel
  10. midazogrel
  11. nafagrel
  12. nicogrelate
  13. oxagrelate
  14. ozagrel
  15. pamicogrel
  16. parogrelil
  17. pirmagrel
  18. prasugrel
  19. rafigrelide
  20. regrelor
  21. ridogrel
  22. rolafagrel
  23. samixogrel
  24. sarpogrelate
  25. satigrel
  26. selatogrel
  27. sunagrel
  28. temanogrel
  29. terbogrel
  30. ticagrelor
  31. trifenagrel

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Decoded

ozagrel

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -grel-/-grel

  • -grel-/-grelend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: platelet aggregation inhibitors

“ozagrel” is an INN that WHO lists under -grel-/-grel in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -grel-/-grel (Part II B) and the 31 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.