WHO naming stem · suffix · 7 listed names
-tilide
class III antiarrhythmics, sematilide derivatives
Where it sits in a name
WHO writes the stem as -tilide. So the letters tilide sit at the end of the name (…tilide).
All 7 names WHO lists under -tilide
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.
- artilide
- dofetilide
- ersentilide
- ibutilide
- risotilide
- sematilide
- trecetilide
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Decoded
artilide
Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: -tilide …
- -tilideend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: class III antiarrhythmics, sematilide derivatives
- -ilideend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: class III antiarrhythmics, sematilide derivatives
“artilide” is an INN that WHO lists under -tilide, -ilide in the 2024 stem book.
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Source and licence
The definition of -tilide (Part II B) and the 7 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 .
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