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-pitant

neurokinin NK1 (substance P) receptor antagonist

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

All 20 names WHO lists under -pitant

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. aprepitant
  2. befetupitant
  3. burapitant
  4. casopitant
  5. dapitant
  6. ezlopitant
  7. figopitant
  8. fosaprepitant
  9. fosnetupitant
  10. imnopitant
  11. lanepitant
  12. maropitant
  13. netupitant
  14. orvepitant
  15. rolapitant
  16. serlopitant
  17. telmapitant
  18. tradipitant
  19. vestipitant
  20. vofopitant

Decode another name

Decoded

dapitant

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

  • -pitantend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: neurokinin NK1 (substance P) receptor antagonist
  • -tantend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: neurokinin (tachykinin) receptor antagonists

“dapitant” is an INN that WHO lists under -pitant, -tant in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -pitant (Part II B) and the 20 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.