Posted by ghost on December 6, 2004, at 19:47:18
In reply to XanaX is a palindrome, posted by lostforwards on December 6, 2004, at 18:34:50
i actually do think some psychology goes into drug names. "viagra," for example sounds like "vitality" or "vigor." "prozac" sounds kind of "proactive" or "promising," i think. "trileptal" was originally an epileptic drug, and sounds kind of like it, right? "advair" (for asthma) sounds very open-air-way like. "ambien" sounds very dreamlike, doesn't it?
i dunno. it's just been my hunches. i'm pretty sure the fda makes up the generic names (that's what i've been told; i work in the pharmaceutical industry), but the manufacturer makes the brand names up.
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