Medication (Common) How to memorize it!!

Common Medication:

Ace Inhibitor, use to treat hypertensive and heart failure.

most medication name ends in letter "PRIL"

Ex: 

• Lisonopril
• Captopril
• Fosinopril
• Enalapril
• Benazepril
• Perindopril
• Ramipril
• Quinapril
• Tandolapril    

Antilipemic Medication, use to lower cholesterol level.

most medication name ends in letter "STATIN"

Ex:

• Atorvastatin 

Antiviral Medication, use to treat viral infection

most medication name ends in letter "VIR"

Ex:

• Zidovudine (retrovir)
• Oseltamivir
• Vacyclovir
• Acyclovir

Benzodiazepine, anxiety reducing medication, muscle relaxant, and sedatives.

most medication names ends in letter "PAM"

Ex:

• Diazepam
• Lorazepam
• Clonazepam
• Temazepam
• Flurazepam

Beta Blockers, use to treat hypertension, angina, dysrhythmia.

most medication name ends in letter "LOL"

Ex:

• Atenolol
• Propanolol
• Metropolol
• Carvedilol
• Bisoprolol
• Nadolol
• Timolol
• Lebetalol
• Acebutolol

Calcium Channel Blocker, is use to treat hypertension, angina, and dysrhythmia

most medication name ends in letter "PINE"

Ex:

• Nifedipine
• Amlodipine
• Felodipine
• Isradipine
• Nisoldipine
• Nimodipine
• Nicardipine

Glucocorticoids and Corticosteroids, is alter the normal immune responds and suppress inflammation, it is also use for replacement therapy.

most medication names ends in letter "SONE"

Ex:

• Cortisone
• Dexamethosone
• Prednisone
• Methylprednisone

Histamine 2 Antagonists (Inhibit gastric acid), it suppress the secretion of gastric acid, and use to alleviate the symptoms of heart burn, GERD, and prevent Ulcers.

most medication name ends in letter "DINE"

Ex:

• Nizatidine
• Femotidine

Nitrate, produce vasodilation, use to treat Angina

most medication names contain letter "NITR"

Ex:

• Nitrogycerine
• Nitrostatin

Proton pump inhibitor it suppress gastric acid secretion, use to treat ulcers disease and erosive esophagitis.

most medication name ends in letter "ZOLE"

Ex:

• Lansoparazole 
• Omeprazole

Suflonamide, it suppress bacterial growth, and use to treat some infection.

most of the medication include "SULF" in there name

Ex:

• Sulfisoxazole
• Sulfadiazine
• Sulfasalazine
• Sulfanilamide
• Sulfacetamide
• Sulfameracine

Thiazide diuretics, use to treat hypertensive and periperal edema.

most of this medication name ends in letter" ZIDE"

Ex:

• Chlorthiazide
• Trichlormethiazide
• Hydroflumethiazide

Thrombolytic Medication, use to dissolves clot formation.

most of this medication name ends in letter "ACE"

Ex:

• Alteplace
• Reteplace
• Tenecteplace
• Anistreplace
• Striptokinase
• Urokinase

Thyroid hormone, use to replacement therapy, and use to treat hypothyroidism.

most of this medication name contain "THY"

Ex:

• Levothyroxine

Broncho dilator, use to treat respiratory disorder that cause bronco constriction such as: asthma, broncospasm, COPD, emphysema.

most of this medication name ends in letter "LINE"

Ex:

• Theophyline