- Central nervous system agents
Suffixes | Mechanism | Prototype drugs |
-flurane | Inhaled anesthetic | Sevoflurane |
-apine, -idone | Atypical antipsychotic | Quetiapine, risperidone |
-azine | Typical antipsychotic | Thioridazine |
-barbital | Barbiturate | Phenobarbital |
-benazine | VMAT inhibitor | Tetrabenazine |
-caine | Local anesthetic | Lidocaine |
-capone | COMT inhibitor | Entacapone |
-curium, -curonium | Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker | Atracurium, pancuronium |
-giline | MAO-B inhibitor | Selegiline |
-ipramine, -triptyline | TCA | Imipramine, amitriptyline |
-triptan | 5-HT₁B/₁D agonist | Sumatriptan |
-zepam, -zolam | Benzodiazepine | Diazepam, alprazolam |