-ide: Loop Diuretics and Oral Antidiabetics (Drug Ending Cheat Sheet)
-ide is ambiguous, loop diuretics (furosemide) and sulfonylurea antidiabetics (glipizide) share it.
-ide doesn't tell you the class alone. Loop diuretics (furosemide, bumetanide, torsemide) and sulfonylureas (glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride) both end in -ide.
Loop diuretics
Furosemide, bumetanide, torsemide. Hypokalemia, ototoxicity.
Sulfonylureas
Glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride. Hypoglycemia.
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Furosemide vs glipizide, same ending?
Same ending, different class. Context distinguishes.
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