2019 MEDICATIONs SEEN ON ANCC AND AANP EXAM
Highlighted drugs have been seen in the stem question or answer selection of the questions.
Professor Larsen instructs exam candidates how to select the proper pharmacotherapeutics for
practice and ANCC and AANP exams during prerecorded videos , audio,
and live sessions!
Adapted from Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
These prefixes, roots, and suffixes apply only to generic names (IN PART)
prefix, root,
suffix
Examples (generic names)
drug class or drug category
-afil
avanafil; sildenafil; tadalafil; vardenafil
phosphodiesterase (PDE)
inhibitor
-asone
betamethasone; dexamethasone;
diflorasone; fluticasone; mometasone
corticosteroid
-bicin
doxorubicin; epirubicin; idarubicin;
valrubicin
antineoplastic; cytotoxic agent
-bital
butabarbital; butalbital; phenobarbital;
secobarbital
barbiturate (sedative)
-caine
bupivacaine; lidocaine; mepivacaine;
prilocaine; proparacaine
local anesthetic
cef-, ceph-
cefaclor; cefdinir; cefixime; cefprozil;
cephalexin
cephalosporin antibiotic
-cillin
amoxicillin; ampicillin; dicloxacillin;
nafcillin; oxacillin
penicillin antibiotic
cort
clocortolone; fludrocortisone;
hydrocortisone
corticosteroid
-cycline
demeclocycline; doxycycline; minocycline;
tetracycline
tetracycline antibiotic
-dazole
albendazole; mebendazole; metronidazole;
tinidazole
anthelmintic; antibiotic;
antibacterial
-dipine
amlodipine; felodipine; nifedipine;
nimodipine; nisoldipine
calcium channel blocker
-dronate
alendronate; etidronate; ibandronate;
risedronate
bisphosphonate; bone
resorption inhibitor
-eprazole
esomeprazole; omeprazole; rabeprazole
proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
