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-verine

spasmolytics with a papaverine-like action

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

All 41 names WHO lists under -verine

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. alverine
  2. amifloverine
  3. bietamiverine
  4. butaverine
  5. camiverine
  6. caroverine
  7. clofeverine
  8. demelverine
  9. denaverine
  10. dexsecoverine
  11. dicycloverine
  12. dihexyverine
  13. dipiproverine
  14. diproteverine
  15. drotaverine
  16. elziverine
  17. ethaverine
  18. febuverine
  19. fenoverine
  20. floverine
  21. heptaverine
  22. ibuverine
  23. idaverine
  24. mebeverine
  25. milverine
  26. mofloverine
  27. moxaverine
  28. nafiverine
  29. niceverine
  30. octaverine
  31. pargeverine
  32. pentoxyverine
  33. pramiverine
  34. prenoverine
  35. propiverine
  36. rociverine
  37. salfluverine
  38. salverine
  39. secoverine
  40. temiverine
  41. zardaverine

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alverine

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -verine

  • -verineend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: spasmolytics with a papaverine-like action

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -verine (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.