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-navir

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) protease inhibitors

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

All 17 names WHO lists under -navir

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. amprenavir
  2. atazanavir
  3. brecanavir
  4. darunavir
  5. droxinavir
  6. elunonavir
  7. fosamprenavir
  8. indinavir
  9. lasinavir
  10. lopinavir
  11. mozenavir
  12. nelfinavir
  13. palinavir
  14. ritonavir
  15. saquinavir
  16. telinavir
  17. tipranavir

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Decoded

darunavir

Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: -navir …

  • -navirend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) protease inhibitors
  • virend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: antivirals (undefined group)

“darunavir” is an INN that WHO lists under -navir, vir in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -navir (Part II B) and the 17 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.