Which of the following suffixes indicates a drug is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor?
–prazole
–tidine
–oxetine
–vastatin
–vastatin
Rationale: The suffix –vastatin indicates that a drug is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. The suffix –prazole indicates proton pump inhibitors. The suffix –tidine indicates H2 receptor antagonists. The suffix –oxetine indicates selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which are antidepressants.
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