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254 SEcTIoN II Pharmacology ` PHARMACOLOGY—MISCELLANEOUS

Drug names (continued)
ENdING CATEGORY EXAMPLE
Other
-dronate Bisphosphonate Alendronate
-prazole Proton pump inhibitor Omeprazole

-prost Prostaglandin analog Latanoprost
-sentan Endothelin receptor antagonist Bosentan
-tidine H2-antagonist Cimetidine
-vaptan ADH antagonist Tolvaptan

Biologic agents
ENdING CATEGORY EXAMPLE
Monoclonal antibodies (-mab)—target overexpressed cell surface receptors
-ximab Chimeric human-mouse monoclonal antibody Rituximab
-zumab Humanized mouse monoclonal antibody Bevacizumab
-umab Human monoclonal antibody Denosumab
Small molecule inhibitors (-ib)—target intracellular molecules

-tinib Tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinib
-zomib Proteasome inhibitor Bortezomib
-ciclib Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Palbociclib
Receptor fusion proteins (-cept)
-cept TNF-α antagonist Etanercept
Interleukin receptor modulators (-kin)—agonists and antagonists of interleukin receptors
-leukin IL-2 agonist/analog Aldesleukin
-kinra Interleukin receptor antagonist Anakinra

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