Question

You are to review and select four different types of drug stems (referring to the drug endings such as "- mycin" = aminoglycosides). Then, you are to provide three examples from each one of the selected drug stems. Also, provide a short description of what each drug group is typically used to treat.

Answer 1

1)mycin - aminoglycosides

Examples:- Kanamycin,Streptomycin,Capreomycin

Used to treat:-

Tuberculosis,Plague,Sub acute bacterial endocarditis,tularemia,meningitis due to Gram negative bacteria,bowel preparation before surgery,hepatic coma,Pseudomonal infections

2)cycline- tetracyclines

Examples:- Doxycycline,Minocycline,Demeclocycline

Used to treat:-

Venereal diseases,Cholera,brucellosis, plague,atypical pneumonia,relapsing fever, rickettsial infections

3)cillin- penicillins

Examples:-Oxacillin,Methicillin,Piperacillin

Used to treat:-

Streptococcal infections, Pneumococcal infections, Gonorrhoea,Syphilis,Meningococcal infections, tetanus,gas gangrene, prophylaxis in rheumatic fever,anthrax, actinomycosis,urinary tract infections etc

4)floxacin- flouroquinolones

Examples:- Ciprofloxacin,Ofloxacin,Norfloxacin

Used to treat:-

UTI,wound infections, bacterial gastroenteritis, typhoid, chancroid,Gonococcal infections, respiratory infection,Gram negative septicemia, meningitis