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-tidine

histamine-H2-receptor antagonists, cimetidine derivatives

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

All 27 names WHO lists under -tidine

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. bisfentidine
  2. cimetidine
  3. dalcotidine
  4. donetidine
  5. ebrotidine
  6. etintidine
  7. famotidine
  8. lafutidine
  9. lamtidine
  10. lavoltidine
  11. loxtidine
  12. lupitidine
  13. mifentidine
  14. niperotidine
  15. nizatidine
  16. osutidine
  17. oxmetidine
  18. pibutidine
  19. quisultidine
  20. ramixotidine
  21. ranitidine
  22. roxatidine
  23. sufotidine
  24. tiotidine
  25. tuvatidine
  26. venritidine
  27. zaltidine

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Decoded

lamtidine

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -tidine

  • -tidineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: histamine-H2-receptor antagonists, cimetidine derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -tidine (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.