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-terol

bronchodilators, phenethylamine derivatives

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

All 41 names WHO lists under -terol

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. abediterol
  2. amiterol
  3. arformoterol
  4. bambuterol
  5. batefenterol
  6. bitolterol
  7. broxaterol
  8. carbuterol
  9. carmoterol
  10. cimaterol
  11. clenbuterol
  12. colterol
  13. difeterol
  14. divabuterol flerobuterol
  15. etanterol
  16. fenoterol
  17. formoterol
  18. ibuterol
  19. imoxiterol
  20. indacaterol
  21. mabuterol
  22. metaterol
  23. milveterol
  24. naminterol
  25. nardeterol
  26. navafenterol
  27. nisbuterol
  28. olodaterol
  29. picumeterol
  30. pirbuterol
  31. prenalterol
  32. procaterol
  33. reproterol
  34. rimiterol
  35. salmeterol
  36. tobuterol
  37. tulobuterol
  38. vilanterol
  39. xamoterol
  40. zilpaterol
  41. zinterol

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amiterol

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -terol

  • -terolend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: bronchodilators, phenethylamine derivatives

“amiterol” is an INN that WHO lists under -terol in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -terol (Part II B) and the 41 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.