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-olol

β-adrenoreceptor antagonists

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
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WHO writes the stem as -olol. So the letters olol sit at the end of the name (…olol).

All 98 names WHO lists under -olol

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. acebutolol
  2. adaprolol
  3. adimolol
  4. afurolol
  5. alprenolol
  6. ancarolol
  7. arnolol
  8. arotinolol
  9. atenolol
  10. befunolol
  11. betaxolol
  12. bevantolol
  13. bisoprolol
  14. bometolol
  15. bopindolol
  16. bornaprolol
  17. bucindolol
  18. bucumolol
  19. bufetolol
  20. bunitrolol
  21. bunolol
  22. bupranolol
  23. butocrolol
  24. butofilolol
  25. carazolol
  26. carpindolol
  27. carteolol
  28. celiprolol
  29. cetamolol
  30. cicloprolol
  31. cinamolol
  32. cloranolol
  33. crinolol
  34. dexnebivolol
  35. dexpropranolol
  36. diacetolol
  37. draquinolol
  38. ecastolol
  39. epanolol
  40. ericolol
  41. esatenolol
  42. esmolol
  43. exaprolol
  44. falintolol
  45. flestolol
  46. flusoxolol
  47. idropranolol
  48. imidolol
  49. indenolol
  50. indopanolol
  51. iprocrolol
  52. isoxaprolol
  53. landiolol
  54. levobetaxolol
  55. levobunolol
  56. levomoprolol
  57. levonebivolol
  58. mepindolol
  59. metipranolol
  60. metoprolol
  61. moprolol
  62. nadolol
  63. nadoxolol
  64. nafetolol
  65. nebivolol
  66. nipradolol
  67. oxprenolol
  68. pacrinolol
  69. pafenolol
  70. pamatolol
  71. pargolol
  72. penbutolol
  73. penirolol
  74. pindolol
  75. pirepolol
  76. practolol
  77. primidolol
  78. procinolol
  79. propranolol
  80. ridazolol
  81. ronactolol
  82. soquinolol
  83. spirendolol
  84. talinolol
  85. tazolol
  86. teoprolol
  87. tertatolol
  88. tienoxolol
  89. tilisolol
  90. timolol
  91. tiprenolol
  92. tolamolol
  93. toliprolol
  94. trigevolol
  95. xibenolol
  96. xipranolol
  97. zenidolol
  98. zoleprodolol

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arnolol

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -olol

  • -ololend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: β-adrenoreceptor antagonists

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -olol (Part II B) and the 98 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.