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-reotide

somatostatin receptor agonists/antagonists

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

All 14 names WHO lists under -reotide

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. depreotide
  2. edotreotide
  3. ilatreotide
  4. lanreotide
  5. nendratareotide
  6. nendratareotide uzatansine
  7. octreotide
  8. oxodotreotide
  9. pasireotide
  10. pentetreotide
  11. satoreotide
  12. satoreotide trizoxetan
  13. vapreotide
  14. veldoreotide

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depreotide

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

  • -reotideend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: somatostatin receptor agonists/antagonists
  • -tideend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: peptides and glycopeptides (for special groups of peptides see -actide, -pressin, -relin, -tocin)

“depreotide” is an INN that WHO lists under -reotide, -tide in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -reotide (Part II B) and the 14 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.