Posted by alesta on December 8, 2004, at 14:44:30
In reply to Re: XanaX is a palindrome » lostforwards, posted by ghost on December 6, 2004, at 19:47:18
hi ghost:)
> 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 agree..absolutely. i, too, think they try to evoke a certain ambience/psychological association with many med names. and i liked the examples you gave! :-)
take care!
amy
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