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pred

prednisone and prednisolone derivatives

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about pred 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 pred, without hyphens, which means it can sit anywhere in a name. So the letters pred sit anywhere in the name (pred).

All 27 names WHO lists under pred

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. chloroprednisone
  2. cloprednol
  3. difluprednate
  4. domoprednate
  5. etiprednol dicloacetate
  6. fluprednidene
  7. fluprednisolone
  8. halopredone
  9. isoflupredone
  10. isoprednidene
  11. loteprednol
  12. mazipredone
  13. meprednisone
  14. methylprednisolone
  15. methylprednisolone aceponate
  16. methylprednisolone suleptanate
  17. oxisopred
  18. prednazate
  19. prednazoline
  20. prednicarbate
  21. prednimustine
  22. prednisolamate
  23. prednisolone
  24. prednisolone steaglate
  25. prednisone
  26. prednylidene
  27. tipredane

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oxisopred

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem pred

  • predend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: prednisone and prednisolone derivatives

“oxisopred” is an INN that WHO lists under pred in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of pred (Part II B) and the 27 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.