Trusted Medicine - Researching Drug Names


Currently, the medicine used by thousands of all kinds of drug names. Suffice large amount of drugs that are considered relatively safe, patients are alone, without a prescriptions. Many want to know what the name of a medicine means. It turns out that in the name medicines can be found word elements that give information about its pharmacological nature. Derivational element in the names of drugs are often chemical, and other anatomical terms, mostly Latin and Greek origin.

For example and its derivational element "alg" (from the Greek word "algos" - the pain) is present in the names of many pain medicines. The group funds include pain medications such as analgin, pentalgin, sedalgin, baralgin.

In the names of medicines, to treat skin diseases, often attends Greek root "dermis" (skin): dermatol, dermazole.

Greek word "gaster" (stomach) was the basis for the names of drugs used in treating stomach ailments: gastropharm, gastrozepin.

Preparations for diabetics sometimes you can see by the presence in their titles derivational element "gli" (from the Greek word "glicis" - sweet): glibenklamid, glyformin.

Derivational element "formin" indicates the drugs belonging to the group of drugs lowering blood sugar: buformin, diformin.

In some antipyretic drug names meets Greek word "pir" (fire, fever), for example: aspirin, antipirin, pirbuterol.

Based on the Latin root of "cor" (heart) formed the names of many drugs to treat cardiovascular disease: zocor, corvalol, cordarone.

When high blood pressure and arrhythmia often designate blockers group propranolol: atenolol, practolol, techniques prolol. Overall in their titles - the existence of a standard element of "olol".

If drugs are present in the title Derivational element "cillin" that occurred from the Latin names Penicillium (as a result of their livelihoods formed various types of penicillin), this drug is a penicillin antibiotic group: meticillin, ampicillin, bicillin.

The availability of the drug element in the title of "cyclin" (from the Greek word "ciclos" - circle, cycle) points to his membership of a tetracycline antibiotic group (the molecule is a condensed four-cycle): doxycycline, metacycline.

When choosing any medication should also bear in mind that any medication, except for official chemical (main) names often has another, or even a few brand names. Brand names are usually shorter and easier to remember. For example, acetylsalicylic acid better known under the brand name "aspirin".

Large amount of drugs that are considered relatively safe, patients take alone, without a doctor's prescriptions. Because of what people often make mistakes and misspellings in the popular drug names. We have also listed the most common misspellings of popular drug names below.





Most common misspellings of popular drug names



  Acomplia
Adipex
Alprazolam
Ambien
Amoxicillin
Ativan
Atenolol
Carisoprodol
Citalopram
Klonopin
Clonazepam
Diazepam
Ephedra
Effexor
Ephedrine
Estradiol
Finasteride
Fioricet
Fluoxetine
Fosamax
Hydrocodone
Ibuprofen
Levothyroxine
Lexapro
Lipitor
Lisinopril
Lorazepam
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Accomplia
Adapex
Alprozolam
Ambian
Amoxicilin
Atavan
Atenalol
Carisprodol
Citolopram
Clonopin
Clonozepam
Diazapam
Efedra
Efexor
Ephedrin
Estrodiol
Finesteride
Fiorcet
Flouxetine
Fosomax
Hydrocodine
Ibuprophen
Levothyroxin
Lexipro
Lipator
Lisinapril
Lorazepan
  Meridia
Nolvadex
Oxycodone
Paroxetine
Paxil
Prednisone
Premarin
Prevacid
Resperidone
Rimonabant
Risperdal
Celexa
Sertraline
Simvastatin
Synthroid
Tenormin
Tamoxifen
Topamax
Tramadol
Ultracet
Valtrex
Valium
Vicodin
Wellbutrin
Xanax
Xenical
Zyrtec
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Meredia
Novaldex
Oxycodon
Paroxitine
Paxel
Predisone
Premerin
Previcid
Resperidone
Rimonaband
Risperdol
Selexa
Sertaline
Simvastin
Synthyroid
Tenormine
Tomoxifen
Topomax
Tramodol
Ultraset
Valtrax
Valuim
Vicodine
Welbutrin
Zanax
Zenical
Zertec

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