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Posted by TheMeanReds on March 8, 2007, at 11:42:31
Does anyone get annoyed with the names they are calling these psych drugs? Paxil had a nice ring to it, and decided to try it. If it were named something like 'Axe Pill' I think I would have saved alot trouble.
Posted by Phillipa on March 8, 2007, at 11:50:03
In reply to Oh, The Name Calling!, posted by TheMeanReds on March 8, 2007, at 11:42:31
Never thought of it before. Love Phillipa
Posted by Cynthia_Greene on March 8, 2007, at 12:16:30
In reply to Re: Oh, The Name Calling! » TheMeanReds, posted by Phillipa on March 8, 2007, at 11:50:03
I always wondered why Xanax was spelled with an X. Everybody just misspells it with a Z anyway. Interesting how it's the same word whether spelled forwads or backwards though.
Posted by TheMeanReds on March 8, 2007, at 14:14:46
In reply to Re: Oh, The Name Calling!, posted by Cynthia_Greene on March 8, 2007, at 12:16:30
I never noticed that. xanax, xanax. Ha they have got me with their foolery again!
> I always wondered why Xanax was spelled with an X. Everybody just misspells it with a Z anyway. Interesting how it's the same word whether spelled forwads or backwards though.
Posted by med_empowered on March 8, 2007, at 18:09:29
In reply to Re: Oh, The Name Calling! » Cynthia_Greene, posted by TheMeanReds on March 8, 2007, at 14:14:46
I hear they sometimes use firms to name them. The "z" sound in xanax and zoloft is soothing; both of them are best sellers for anxiety (though, with drug reps and advertising on the case, I don't think the names matter so much). Prozac is supposed to sound energizing and modern. ADD-erall...well, that one's obvious. Ritalin--decidedly less so.
Posted by yxibow on March 10, 2007, at 2:10:13
In reply to Re: Oh, The Name Calling!, posted by med_empowered on March 8, 2007, at 18:09:29
> I hear they sometimes use firms to name them. The "z" sound in xanax and zoloft is soothing; both of them are best sellers for anxiety (though, with drug reps and advertising on the case, I don't think the names matter so much). Prozac is supposed to sound energizing and modern. ADD-erall...well, that one's obvious. Ritalin--decidedly less so.
They use firms -- but as for the generic drug's actual name there is a bit of consistency in suffixes-barb* (barbiturate)
-cillin, -cycline, -oxacin, etc. (antibiotics)
-oxetine (e.g. fluoxetine, paroxetine, duloxetine, certain antidepressants)
-mab (monoclonal antiboties) e.g.
-*vir* antivirals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature_of_monoclonal_antibodiesand the giant list at AMA
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/365/usan_stem_list.pdf
Posted by TheMeanReds on March 10, 2007, at 15:41:11
In reply to Re: pharmaceutical suffixes » med_empowered, posted by yxibow on March 10, 2007, at 2:10:13
Thanks or the links, I'm going to look up the 'pams'.....I think they're be alot?
> > I hear they sometimes use firms to name them. The "z" sound in xanax and zoloft is soothing; both of them are best sellers for anxiety (though, with drug reps and advertising on the case, I don't think the names matter so much). Prozac is supposed to sound energizing and modern. ADD-erall...well, that one's obvious. Ritalin--decidedly less so.
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> They use firms -- but as for the generic drug's actual name there is a bit of consistency in suffixes
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> -barb* (barbiturate)
> -cillin, -cycline, -oxacin, etc. (antibiotics)
> -oxetine (e.g. fluoxetine, paroxetine, duloxetine, certain antidepressants)
> -mab (monoclonal antiboties) e.g.
> -*vir* antivirals
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature_of_monoclonal_antibodies
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> and the giant list at AMA
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> http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/365/usan_stem_list.pdf
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Posted by elanor roosevelt on March 11, 2007, at 21:46:03
In reply to Re: pharmaceutical suffixes » yxibow, posted by TheMeanReds on March 10, 2007, at 15:41:11
how about the wellbutrin tabs with the little words arranged to mimic a smiley face
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