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-racetam

amide type nootrope agents, piracetam type

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

All 23 names WHO lists under -racetam

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. aloracetam
  2. aniracetam
  3. brivaracetam
  4. cebaracetam
  5. coluracetam
  6. dimiracetam
  7. doliracetam
  8. dupracetam
  9. etiracetam
  10. fasoracetam
  11. fonturacetam
  12. imuracetam
  13. levetiracetam
  14. molracetam
  15. nebracetam
  16. nefiracetam
  17. nicoracetam
  18. omberacetam
  19. oxiracetam
  20. piracetam
  21. pramiracetam
  22. rolziracetam
  23. seletracetam

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Decoded

piracetam

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

  • -racetamend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: amide type nootrope agents, piracetam type
  • -acetamend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: amide type nootrope agents, piracetam derivatives

“piracetam” is an INN that WHO lists under -racetam, -acetam in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -racetam (Part II B) and the 23 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.