Mnemonic for Live Attenuated Vaccines

Live attenuated vaccines consist of live bacteria or virus which have been rendered avirulent.The 8 live vaccines are

1.   BCG

2.  Ty-21a

3.  OPV

4.  Measles

5.  Mumps

6.  Rubella

7.  Varicella

8.  Yellow fever

 The given picture mnemonic will help you remember them.Click on the image to enlarge it.

Prefix/Root/Suffix used in Drugs

Most of the drugs can be identified by root/suffix/prefix present in their names.
Table below depicts the suffixes present in different drug categories alongwith examples..

You can download the whole table in PDF format from links given below.

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