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-pin(e)

tricyclic compounds

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -pin(e) 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 -pin(e). It has 2 spellings or places: pine at the end of the name (…pine); pin at the end of the name (…pin).

Of the 53 names WHO lists under it, 44 carry pine at the end of the name, 9 carry pin at the end of the name.

All 53 names WHO lists under -pin(e)

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. amezepine
  2. amoxapine
  3. asenapine
  4. batelapine
  5. carbamazepine
  6. cidoxepin
  7. clorotepine
  8. clotiapine
  9. clozapine
  10. damotepine
  11. darenzepine
  12. dibenzepin
  13. dizocilpine
  14. dosulepin
  15. doxepin
  16. elanzepine
  17. enprazepine
  18. erizepine
  19. eslicarbazepine
  20. esmirtazapine
  21. etazepine
  22. flumezapine
  23. fluperlapine
  24. licarbazepine
  25. loxapine
  26. maroxepin
  27. metiapine
  28. metitepine
  29. metoxepin
  30. mezepine
  31. mirtazapine
  32. nuvenzepine
  33. olanzapine
  34. oxcarbazepine
  35. pentiapine
  36. perlapine
  37. pinoxepin
  38. pirenzepine
  39. prazepine
  40. propizepine
  41. quetiapine
  42. rilapine
  43. rispenzepine
  44. savoxepin
  45. serazapine
  46. siltenzepine
  47. spiroxepin
  48. telenzepine
  49. tenilapine
  50. tilozepine
  51. tropatepine
  52. zicronapine
  53. zolenzepine

Decode another name

Decoded

dosulepin

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -pin(e)

  • -pin(e)end of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: tricyclic compounds

“dosulepin” is an INN that WHO lists under -pin(e) in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -pin(e) (Part II B) and the 53 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.