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WHO naming stem · suffix · 32 listed names

-perone

tranquillizers, neuroleptics, 4’-fluoro-4- piperidinobutyrophenone derivatives

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

All 32 names WHO lists under -perone

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. aceperone
  2. amiperone
  3. azabuperone
  4. azaperone
  5. biriperone
  6. carperone
  7. cicarperone
  8. cinuperone
  9. cloroperone
  10. declenperone
  11. duoperone
  12. fenaperone
  13. fluspiperone
  14. lenperone
  15. lodiperone
  16. lumateperone
  17. melperone
  18. metrenperone
  19. milenperone
  20. mindoperone
  21. moperone
  22. nonaperone
  23. pipamperone
  24. pirenperone
  25. prideperone
  26. primaperone
  27. propyperone
  28. roxoperone
  29. setoperone
  30. spiperone
  31. timiperone
  32. zoloperone

Decode another name

Decoded

moperone

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -perone

  • -peroneend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: tranquillizers, neuroleptics, 4’-fluoro-4- piperidinobutyrophenone derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -perone (Part II B) and the 32 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.