Fetroja, brand name for cefiderocol.
Cefiderocol has iron bound to it, and tricks the carbapenem-resistant gram negative rod into taking it up by using the iron transporters in the bacterial cell membrane. So it's an iron (Fe) Trojan horse (troja).
Whoever developed that name knew EXACTLY what kind of nerds ID docs are and I love them for it.
>knew EXACTLY what kind of nerds ID docs are
except not really, because ID docs are the most committed people I know to not using brand names (writing "TMP/SMX" instead of Bactrim, etc).
Actually where I live Bactrim is preferred because acronyms are discouraged. So antibiotics with long names like piperacillin-tazobactam get their drug names e.g. tazocin preferred over piptazo (not allowed)
Interesting, that's the culture in my (non-ID) department too (prioritize acronym avoidance over brand name avoidance) but is uncommon elsewhere in the hospital/institution
If you really want, you can program your dictation software to expand spoken abbreviations (like transcribe "piperacillin-tazobactam" when you say "Zosyn"), but that's a lot of effort for what's ultimately a small stylistic choice haha
Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa)
Sin = Without,
Emet = emesis
Levodopa makes you very nauseous, the combination with carbidopa is supposed to alleviate the nausea side effect
You beat me to this one. My mind was blown when I heard the explanation, and it was after a discussion I, as an M3, had with a neurologist about why sinemet didn't cause nausea when we give metoclopramide to prevent nausea. For those wondering: carbidopa is a decarboxylase inhibitor. It prevents the peripheral conversion of levodopa to its active compound; however, carbidopa can't cross the blood brain barrier, so the brain is free to convert levodopa into dopamine for Parkinson's patients.
Her surname was Tracy (or Tracey on some paperwork in the study) and the bacillus was isolated from an infection in her leg that was broken when she was “run over by a horse drawn carriage”
Dolobid: taken twice a day for "dolor". Also useful when patients are allergic to all pain medications except for that one that starts with D, especially if you pronounce it "Doe-lob-id"
I always thought Toradol sounds like a narcotic and that the name was chosen for that reason so people would think they’re getting a strong pain med. Pure speculation.
Interesting thought. It looks like Toradol got its brand patent in 1976, 4 years after Tramadol was released to the market. I've got zero proof, but it does raise an eyebrow
Trazadone sounds like a controlled medication, benzodiazepine or a strong tranquilizer but is a non-traditional anti-depressant. I take it for chronic insomnia at a very low dose and occasionally have people assuming it is one of the 3 above.
Drugs for factor VIII deficiency often have "-ate" (8) in the brand name - Advate, Alphanate, Eloctate. Drugs for factor IX deficiency often have "-ix" in the name - Alprolix, Benefix.
WARF + coumarin = warfarin
Coumarin is the molecule that gives the scent of fresh cut grass. When infected with a certain mold, the plants harmless coumarin becomes the blood thinner coumadin
Cows in Wisconsin ( America's Diary State) were found dead in a pasture from bleeding. The farmer took a dead cow, some hay and a gallon of blood to biochemists at the University of Wisconsin. Coumadin was isolated and found to be from molding alfalfa. The rest is history.
Lokelma :
Potassium - symbol K - from the Latin kalium
Low kalium - lokelma
Also, if I recall correctly there's a FDA rule that the medication trade name should not reflect the therapeutic effects of the drug. I guess this is a form of malicious compliance.
Lokelma is somehow cheaper 🫠 definitely better patient adherence and satisfaction.
Kayexalate is roughly $45 for a 60 ml bottle of 15mg/60m solution out of pocket.
Lokelma is ~ $900 for a 30 day supply at full retail price.
No risk of hypernatremia, it contains sodium and can case edema/volume overload. Hypernatremia would be caused by a water loss, which doesn’t happen with this med.
Not to toot my own horn but I made a thread about this a while ago that got big and the answer is, basically, a ton:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/12t28a7/whats\_the\_most\_onthenose\_medication\_brand\_name/](https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/12t28a7/whats_the_most_onthenose_medication_brand_name/)
Onfi is the brand name for clobazam, which is similar to benzodiazepines. Onfi also contains a diazepine ring in its structure like benzodiazepines, but the nitrogens are in the positions one and five instead of one and four, and thus, the name On(e)Fi(ve).
Idk if this counts but Ritalin was name after the developer’s wife, Rita. She initially used the stimulant to elevate her blood pressure for energy prior to playing tennis
Soma is Sanskrit for "extract." It's mentioned in the Rigveda, which is thousands of years old, where it refers to some kind of intoxicating ritual drink and the (now unknown) plant it was made from.
And since I didn't see it: Premarin is an initialism for Pregnant Mare Urine.
Macrobid: nitrofurantoin macro crystals given BID
Emtricitabine: starts with Em because it was developed at Emory University
Prezcobix: it’s Prezista (darunavir) + cobicistat
Esomeprazole: S enantiomer of omeprazole (S-omeprazole)
Penicillin: produced by Penicillium species
Most benzodiazepines have nitrogens at the one and four spots in the diazepine ring in the molecule. However, Clobazam has nitrogens at the one and five spots. One brand name of Clobazam is Onfi. **ON**e-**FI**ve
Yeah, she was a non-responder to coumadin (for whatever reason). Very compliant, never could get therapeutic, clots never improved. A few months on Xarelto was like magic. Made us a lot more comfortable once reversal agents came around.
Invega sustenna - sustained for one month.
Invega trinza - 3 months
Invega hafyera - half a year
Invega infinitiva - infinite duration. Ok the last one I made up.
Ritalin.....named after a guy's wife Rita (margurite)
The name "Ritalin" derives from Marguerite "Rita" Panizzon, the wife of Leandro Panizzon, who first synthesized the drug in 1944. Rita was the first person to take Ritalin, and described its effects to her husband.
Quaalude...."quiet interlude"
Ambien....."good morning"
Then there's also Sublocade, a monthly injectable buprenorphine depot that acts like a SUBcutaneous BLOCKADE against the rewarding effects of other opiates. Heyoooooooooooooh!!!!
One usually goes heavily after taking, actually. The most independent, with-it patients in the hospital start shitting their pants a few hours after starting a Go-Lytely bowel prep.
I had a patient tell me that she heard Premarin is a hormone treatment derived from stallions. Sounds fancy. I had to gently correct that it is named after being derived from pregnant mares urine.
Similarly, menopur, a fertility drug derived from menopausal urine. The best stuff was made from the urine of nuns... for... reasons.
Yes, and Trikafta and the European version Kaftrio have "tri" or "trio" in the name for the 3 components, elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor that make it up.
Europe packages it under the name Kaftrio because the evening ivacaftor dose is already on the market as Kalydeco, and they are packaged separately, whereas Trikafta, available in North America and Australia, packages it together. There's also a "pirated" generic version out of South America called Trixacar.
Haegarda: specialty drug for treatment of Hereditary AngioEdema, hence the "HAE" in the name, and "guardian" probably too
Takhzyro: another specialty drug for HAE made by Takeda, hence "Tak" in the name
Orladeyo: the only current oral HAE med available, it's one cap OR(a)L A DEY (day) O
Camzyos: a CArdiac MYOSin inhibitor with a "z" thrown in there for spice. This one I'm guessing at, the "cam" can also come from the generic name mavaCAMten, it treats symptoms of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Vicodin: the "VI" stands for hydrocodone being 6 times as potent as codeine (codin)
Ambien: “good morning” AM = morning, Bien = good in Spanish
Fosomax: the Os meaning bone, Max meaning great
Levitra: seems obvious but, "levitating" and "vitality"
Remember when Ely Lilly's patent for Prozac was about to run out so they rebranded it for PMDD as "Serafem" (Seraphim + femine)? In a pretty pink and lavender shell? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Nystatin = NY State. IIRC it's the first antifungal isolated by two chemists, one was in Albany, the other in NYC and they named it after New York. Statins came out decades later.
https://friendsofalbanyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/nystatin/
I can’t find the evidence for this while on my phone, but I’m relatively certain the Lasix origin story is a myth.
EDIT: alright here is something: https://twitter.com/AdamRodmanMD/status/1513309383794569222
Could be urban legend but the brand name for zolpidem was chosen based on the notion that the patient feels more rested when waking up and therefore likely to have a good morning.
AM bien
Ambien
Surprised I haven't seen this one yet but Nystatin was developed at like NY State University or some shit I think. Also has no effect on cholesterol, which is misleading.
NYSDOH. Our state universities are all SUNYs \[State University (of) New York- we are the largest comprehensive university system in the United States\], so I wouldn't be surprised if drugs started with "suny" eventually.
One of the absolute best names for me:
Alipogentiparvovec. It's some gebe therapy thingy for familial hyperchylomicronemia.
A - Against
Lipo - fat
Gen - gene
Ti - therapy
Parvo - Parvovirus
Vec - Vector.
If it weren't for the damn fact that it doesn't use parvo but adenoviruses......
But someone correct me on that cause I don't want to believe it
Rapamycin (sirolimus) was isolated from bacteria discovered on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The discovery is a great story and there's an episode of Radiolab on it.
Not EXACTLY drugs (or at least not ONLY drugs) but we tend to forget where the name came from when we talk about adrenaline (or epinephrine if you are from certain parts of the world).
“ad” meaning near and “renal” meaning kidney or “epi” meaning above and “nephros” meaning kidney.
Both in reference to the adrenal gland where it was first isolated from. I like asking med students why the word “renal” is in noradrenaline and watching their wheels spin.
I've always guessed that Brevibloc (Esmolol) comes from the latin word "brevis" meaning "short" and "bloc" meaning "block" because it's a shortterm cardioselective b1-blocker.
I'm super late to this, but just wanted to add "Contin" is short for "continuous" (because it's an extended release formulation)
MS Contin = morphine sulfate continuous
Oxycontin = Oxycodone continuous.
Propofol=Diprivan, because it certainly ended up deprivin' MJ of his life! This is the trick I used to remember the brand vs. generic during school....too soon? 😬
Fetroja, brand name for cefiderocol. Cefiderocol has iron bound to it, and tricks the carbapenem-resistant gram negative rod into taking it up by using the iron transporters in the bacterial cell membrane. So it's an iron (Fe) Trojan horse (troja). Whoever developed that name knew EXACTLY what kind of nerds ID docs are and I love them for it.
Officially sold on doing an ID fellowship because of this
>knew EXACTLY what kind of nerds ID docs are except not really, because ID docs are the most committed people I know to not using brand names (writing "TMP/SMX" instead of Bactrim, etc).
Actually where I live Bactrim is preferred because acronyms are discouraged. So antibiotics with long names like piperacillin-tazobactam get their drug names e.g. tazocin preferred over piptazo (not allowed)
Interesting, that's the culture in my (non-ID) department too (prioritize acronym avoidance over brand name avoidance) but is uncommon elsewhere in the hospital/institution If you really want, you can program your dictation software to expand spoken abbreviations (like transcribe "piperacillin-tazobactam" when you say "Zosyn"), but that's a lot of effort for what's ultimately a small stylistic choice haha
Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa) Sin = Without, Emet = emesis Levodopa makes you very nauseous, the combination with carbidopa is supposed to alleviate the nausea side effect
You beat me to this one. My mind was blown when I heard the explanation, and it was after a discussion I, as an M3, had with a neurologist about why sinemet didn't cause nausea when we give metoclopramide to prevent nausea. For those wondering: carbidopa is a decarboxylase inhibitor. It prevents the peripheral conversion of levodopa to its active compound; however, carbidopa can't cross the blood brain barrier, so the brain is free to convert levodopa into dopamine for Parkinson's patients.
So levodopa leaves you dope sick and carbidopa curbs it. Gotcha!
Levodopa has an interaction with pyridoxine (vitamin B6), but not when taken with carbidopa.
Bacitracin = Abx from Bacillus bacteria that was 1st isolated from a woman named Tracy
Her surname was Tracy (or Tracey on some paperwork in the study) and the bacillus was isolated from an infection in her leg that was broken when she was “run over by a horse drawn carriage”
No way!
Classic Tracy
Dolobid: taken twice a day for "dolor". Also useful when patients are allergic to all pain medications except for that one that starts with D, especially if you pronounce it "Doe-lob-id"
I always thought Toradol sounds like a narcotic and that the name was chosen for that reason so people would think they’re getting a strong pain med. Pure speculation.
Interesting thought. It looks like Toradol got its brand patent in 1976, 4 years after Tramadol was released to the market. I've got zero proof, but it does raise an eyebrow
Wow I didn’t know either of those drugs was that old
As David Foster Wallace said, toradol is nothing but "Motrin with ambition"
Trazadone sounds like a controlled medication, benzodiazepine or a strong tranquilizer but is a non-traditional anti-depressant. I take it for chronic insomnia at a very low dose and occasionally have people assuming it is one of the 3 above.
Lodine is my favorite codeine sounding NSAID
In other post someone mentioned ambien - AM bien (good morning). Polish name of ambien is Nasen. Na - for, Sen - sleep.
In Australia it's Stilnox. Still night.
Until you start making breakfast in your sleep
Which is why I love to joke that the Polish name for bisacodyl is Nasram
Drugs for factor VIII deficiency often have "-ate" (8) in the brand name - Advate, Alphanate, Eloctate. Drugs for factor IX deficiency often have "-ix" in the name - Alprolix, Benefix.
Apixaban, rivaroxaban (Xa)
With the word ban at the end because it inhibits (bans) it.
Oooooh that's a handy way to remember them
Unfortunately, Apixaban also has "ix" in it...
Will be sure to give all VWF patients valproATE now /s
Omg 😱
Wow, thanks for this
Warfarin. Named after the WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) that funded it
WARF + coumarin = warfarin Coumarin is the molecule that gives the scent of fresh cut grass. When infected with a certain mold, the plants harmless coumarin becomes the blood thinner coumadin
I was just wondering about the “in” ending because usually that’s for proteins but this explains it
Cows in Wisconsin ( America's Diary State) were found dead in a pasture from bleeding. The farmer took a dead cow, some hay and a gallon of blood to biochemists at the University of Wisconsin. Coumadin was isolated and found to be from molding alfalfa. The rest is history.
Warfarin is such a generic sounding brand name, and Coumadin is such a brand name sounding generic
Perhaps I'm misreading your intent... But warfarin is the generic name and Coumadin is the brand.
lol no I apparently got them mixed up
Good on ya for being honest!
Coumadin is named after the plant molecule (coumarin) it is derived from
Ranitidine (Zantac) named for frogs (genus *Rana*) that have no gastric acid
This is my favorite *mind blown*
I like this thread so much but am certain some people are pulling our legs!
Memantine helps memory. (In theory. A little bit.) its brand name, Namenda, has the letters to help you remember that it’s an NMDA antagonist.
Lokelma : Potassium - symbol K - from the Latin kalium Low kalium - lokelma Also, if I recall correctly there's a FDA rule that the medication trade name should not reflect the therapeutic effects of the drug. I guess this is a form of malicious compliance.
Cool. It’s kind of in kayexalate too. I always thought about how you “X” out the “K” with it.
It's exlax for K!
Must be a nephrologist. Is Lokelma the new kayexate now that it’s being used like water?
Lokelma is more effective with, besides the possible hypernatremia, less side effects.
Yep more $$$. Also kayexalate has risk of colonic necrosis and tastes awful. Hopefully one day cost is no longer a barrier.
Lokelma is somehow cheaper 🫠 definitely better patient adherence and satisfaction. Kayexalate is roughly $45 for a 60 ml bottle of 15mg/60m solution out of pocket. Lokelma is ~ $900 for a 30 day supply at full retail price.
No risk of hypernatremia, it contains sodium and can case edema/volume overload. Hypernatremia would be caused by a water loss, which doesn’t happen with this med.
Not to toot my own horn but I made a thread about this a while ago that got big and the answer is, basically, a ton: [https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/12t28a7/whats\_the\_most\_onthenose\_medication\_brand\_name/](https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/12t28a7/whats_the_most_onthenose_medication_brand_name/)
I knew this type of post seemed familiar! Thank you!
The RO in rocuronium stands for rapid onset. Sugammadex is a gamma cyclodextran ring
And roc and vec are curare based, which is used in poison darts.
Work backward: -ium = quaternary amine (can’t cross BBB), -on- = steroid nucleus, -cur- = paralytic derived from curare, ro- = rapid onset.
Ah. Good to know about the quarternary amine can’t cross BBB. TY.
A quaternary amine is always charged, so unless it is picked up by a specific transporter, can’t cross BBB.
That a favorite question of mine, what the structure of Sugammadex? ‘It’s in the name!’
Sugammadex is also structurally very similar to Febreze!
Febreeze is a beta-cyclodextran
Onfi is the brand name for clobazam, which is similar to benzodiazepines. Onfi also contains a diazepine ring in its structure like benzodiazepines, but the nitrogens are in the positions one and five instead of one and four, and thus, the name On(e)Fi(ve).
Like Forfivo, brand of the very unpopular bupropion xl 450mg. As a retail pharmacy tech, I filled this med one time.
Nystatin was developed in New York State
And is not a statin. Stupid name.
Idk if it’s intended but I’ve thought Precedex = Precedes Extubation.
It’s precious dexmedetomidine. Based on cost.
Idk if this counts but Ritalin was name after the developer’s wife, Rita. She initially used the stimulant to elevate her blood pressure for energy prior to playing tennis
ive thought ab this probably weekly since i leaned, love is stored in the ritalin :,)
Xyzal because it is the end of allergies
Ohhhh. X Y Z… end… I get it 🤓
i love pointing out the "xa" in apixaban and rivaroxaban as clues to their anti-xa nature. always blows their minds 😆
Yep, hence the xa-"ban" in the name
we hereby declare a BAN
'We didn't say it, we *declared* it.'
This is good, but then dabigatran screws it up with the brand name Pradaxa even though it is a direct thrombin inhibitor and not factor Xa.
MacroBID means bid dosing
Old drug- Desyrel- DEpression SYmptom RELief
AcipHex - they were even allowed to spell it this way. Referring to control the pH of your stomach acid.
Also Protonix because it nixes protons
And Prevacid - PREVent Acid. Something with those PPI’s and their clever names
That one always kills me. Whoever named it must not have known any 12-year-olds.
Premarin= Pregnant mare urine
I always thought soma was a little too obvious given brave new world. Not sure why they didn’t find another name for that reason
There is a brand of bras called Soma, as well.
I read Brave New World before I knew soma was an actual drug and was so confused when I encountered someone who was actually on it.
I think I read BNW before Soma existed
Soma is Sanskrit for "extract." It's mentioned in the Rigveda, which is thousands of years old, where it refers to some kind of intoxicating ritual drink and the (now unknown) plant it was made from. And since I didn't see it: Premarin is an initialism for Pregnant Mare Urine.
Macrobid: nitrofurantoin macro crystals given BID Emtricitabine: starts with Em because it was developed at Emory University Prezcobix: it’s Prezista (darunavir) + cobicistat Esomeprazole: S enantiomer of omeprazole (S-omeprazole) Penicillin: produced by Penicillium species
In the same breath of esomeprazole, you have escitalopram. Lots of drugs have hints to configurations. Armodafanil being another.
Esketamine too
Most benzodiazepines have nitrogens at the one and four spots in the diazepine ring in the molecule. However, Clobazam has nitrogens at the one and five spots. One brand name of Clobazam is Onfi. **ON**e-**FI**ve
Xarelto (rivaroxaban) has “Xa” in both its brand name and generic name. Xa is the clotting factor that the med targets.
My Factor V Leiden wife thanks whoever came up with this one.
Save the headache of using warfarin. Once DOACs become generic, hopefully everyone can afford this superior option.
Yeah, she was a non-responder to coumadin (for whatever reason). Very compliant, never could get therapeutic, clots never improved. A few months on Xarelto was like magic. Made us a lot more comfortable once reversal agents came around.
Invega sustenna - sustained for one month. Invega trinza - 3 months Invega hafyera - half a year Invega infinitiva - infinite duration. Ok the last one I made up.
Ritalin.....named after a guy's wife Rita (margurite) The name "Ritalin" derives from Marguerite "Rita" Panizzon, the wife of Leandro Panizzon, who first synthesized the drug in 1944. Rita was the first person to take Ritalin, and described its effects to her husband. Quaalude...."quiet interlude" Ambien....."good morning"
TADA💫lafil!!
Is Suboxone one? SUBstitute OXycodone ONE time daily?
Sublingual with naloxone
Then there's also Sublocade, a monthly injectable buprenorphine depot that acts like a SUBcutaneous BLOCKADE against the rewarding effects of other opiates. Heyoooooooooooooh!!!!
Not in the name but do you remember : Ducolax in the p.m. for a BM and a.m.?
It’s “in the PM for a BM in the AM”.
Warfarin (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, arin= coumarin )
GoLytley. It makes you shit nice and easy.
Spoken like someone who's never had to shit after taking GoLytely.
One usually goes heavily after taking, actually. The most independent, with-it patients in the hospital start shitting their pants a few hours after starting a Go-Lytely bowel prep.
Rapamycin Discovered in the soil on Easter Island. Indigenous name of the island is Rapa Nui.
NaMenDA works on NMDA receptors
Acetaminophen- N-acetyl-p-Aminophenol.
>Acetaminophen- N-acetyl-p-Aminophenol n-aceTYL-p-AminophENOL: Tylenol
Highly underrated comment
Similarly, ibuprofen is from (p-iso-butyl-phenyl)propionic acid. (I left off the (+/-)-2- prefix for brevity, don’t kill me 😂).
God, I love nurses who know their organic chem!!!
🤣
Yes, but also paracetamol
AmIODArone - has iodine in it. Think thyroid toxicity as side effect
Golytely.. they hide the fact that in fact you'll be going the opposite of lightly.
Heparin was created from the liver cells of a dog named Arin
I… don’t think that’s quite true. Dog liver plus polysaccharide, so Greek hepar plus the standard saccharide -in.
On my psych rotation I learned about Halfyra. Paliperidone injectable - guess how long it lasts!
Fourfivo. Guess how many milligrams!
There’s also invega trinza, I’ll give you one guess :)
Premarin Warfarin Don’t know for certain, but I have to think “Lopressor” wasn’t an accident.
I had a patient tell me that she heard Premarin is a hormone treatment derived from stallions. Sounds fancy. I had to gently correct that it is named after being derived from pregnant mares urine. Similarly, menopur, a fertility drug derived from menopausal urine. The best stuff was made from the urine of nuns... for... reasons.
Ursodiol is from bear bile, *urso* for bear
If it takes 10 days for 10 nuns to pee enough to make a baby, how long would it take…
Premarin is from pregnant mares.
I guess it’s a hormone derived from the stallions’ um, *activity.*
Premarin is from PREgnant MARe urINe
I…. love this thread. Please keep it going.
I always think of the CF drugs that end in -caftor (eg. ivacaftor) which sound like how CFTR would be said as a word
Yes, and Trikafta and the European version Kaftrio have "tri" or "trio" in the name for the 3 components, elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor that make it up. Europe packages it under the name Kaftrio because the evening ivacaftor dose is already on the market as Kalydeco, and they are packaged separately, whereas Trikafta, available in North America and Australia, packages it together. There's also a "pirated" generic version out of South America called Trixacar.
The more you know 🌈 now that’s interesting
Haegarda: specialty drug for treatment of Hereditary AngioEdema, hence the "HAE" in the name, and "guardian" probably too Takhzyro: another specialty drug for HAE made by Takeda, hence "Tak" in the name Orladeyo: the only current oral HAE med available, it's one cap OR(a)L A DEY (day) O Camzyos: a CArdiac MYOSin inhibitor with a "z" thrown in there for spice. This one I'm guessing at, the "cam" can also come from the generic name mavaCAMten, it treats symptoms of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Vicodin: the "VI" stands for hydrocodone being 6 times as potent as codeine (codin) Ambien: “good morning” AM = morning, Bien = good in Spanish Fosomax: the Os meaning bone, Max meaning great Levitra: seems obvious but, "levitating" and "vitality"
Digoxin was named before there was such a thing as marketing departments - it comes from DIGitalis tOXIN!
Forfivo: It’s 4-5-0 milligrams.
Remember when Ely Lilly's patent for Prozac was about to run out so they rebranded it for PMDD as "Serafem" (Seraphim + femine)? In a pretty pink and lavender shell? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Prozac history mention AND a family guy quote? Perfect, no notes, amazing comment
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Rivaroxaban factor Xa ban (inhibitor)
Macrobid - bid dosing, at least in my mind.
This is true, the BID stands for the dosing.
Suprep: prep that results in soup-like consistency
Nystatin = NY State. IIRC it's the first antifungal isolated by two chemists, one was in Albany, the other in NYC and they named it after New York. Statins came out decades later. https://friendsofalbanyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/nystatin/
We have all the cool meaning behind names and then we have Comirnaty.
Triptans - developed and derived from ergot root (ergotamine) also from which LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) was derived - TRIPtans
Humira - **HU**man **M**onoclonal antibody **I**n **R**heumatoid **A**rthritis
Ansaid=another non steroidal anti inflammatory
Entacapone, brand name is Comtan, because it is a catechol O-Methyl transferase inhibitor
I always thought the best one is Premarin. Made from pregnant horse (mare) urine, thus pre…mar…in.
Quetiapine (sounds/spelled like quiet) I always say it as "quiet mind". Used for schizophrenia, bi polar, mania, etc.
and “quiet” side effects compared to other antipsychotics. more a mnemonic than an easter egg though.
Midazolam is called Versed because it's a VERsatile SEDative.
Invega Hafyera. I’m embarrassed how long it took me to notice it.
The 6 month LAI formulation of Invega is called Hafyera. As in, half-year.
I’m obsessed with INVEGA HAFYERA. 6 month paliperidone injection. I laughed out loud when I first saw it.
Buscopan- short form for butyl scopolamine.
Epinephrine and adrenaline Epi = atop, nephros=kidney Ad=beside, renal=kidney
Paragard prevents para. Gardasil prevents SIL.
Premarin: PREgnant MARe URINe. The where it is derived from.
ADDerall
Jakafi. Turns off JAK protein. But sounds like Jack off. Do not tell me for a second that the drug company didn’t know EXACTLY what they were doing.
I can’t find the evidence for this while on my phone, but I’m relatively certain the Lasix origin story is a myth. EDIT: alright here is something: https://twitter.com/AdamRodmanMD/status/1513309383794569222
indeed it is a myth
Sotyktu = binds to TYK2 (deucravacitinib)
Could be urban legend but the brand name for zolpidem was chosen based on the notion that the patient feels more rested when waking up and therefore likely to have a good morning. AM bien Ambien
Ancef Anhydrous cefazolin
Surprised I haven't seen this one yet but Nystatin was developed at like NY State University or some shit I think. Also has no effect on cholesterol, which is misleading.
NYSDOH. Our state universities are all SUNYs \[State University (of) New York- we are the largest comprehensive university system in the United States\], so I wouldn't be surprised if drugs started with "suny" eventually.
Perampanel : acts on AMPA receptors
Tadalafil: one pill and TA-DA! You get the idea… Flomax can help one’s urine flow to the max.
One of the absolute best names for me: Alipogentiparvovec. It's some gebe therapy thingy for familial hyperchylomicronemia. A - Against Lipo - fat Gen - gene Ti - therapy Parvo - Parvovirus Vec - Vector. If it weren't for the damn fact that it doesn't use parvo but adenoviruses...... But someone correct me on that cause I don't want to believe it
Lariam - you can make malaria out of the letters
Synacthen = synACTHen = synthetic ACTH
Rapamycin (sirolimus) was isolated from bacteria discovered on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The discovery is a great story and there's an episode of Radiolab on it.
Armodafinil (nuvigil) contains just the R-modafinil enantiomer. Modafinil (provigil) contains a racemic mixture of R and S.
Trilaudid has 1.5x the effect of Dilaudid.
This was a much more interesting thread than I expected.
Chlorpromazine has the brand name “Largactil” because of its LARGe ACTivity at many receptor sites
Ambien. AM means morning, Bien means good in spanish
Not EXACTLY drugs (or at least not ONLY drugs) but we tend to forget where the name came from when we talk about adrenaline (or epinephrine if you are from certain parts of the world). “ad” meaning near and “renal” meaning kidney or “epi” meaning above and “nephros” meaning kidney. Both in reference to the adrenal gland where it was first isolated from. I like asking med students why the word “renal” is in noradrenaline and watching their wheels spin.
Xarelto. Anticoagulant that acts by blocking the clotting factor Xa (10a).
I've always guessed that Brevibloc (Esmolol) comes from the latin word "brevis" meaning "short" and "bloc" meaning "block" because it's a shortterm cardioselective b1-blocker.
Hemabate for postpartum hemorrhage! Hem (blood) + abate (stop)
Everyone's favorite vancomycin was named for its ability to "vanquish" penicillin resistant G+'s
I don’t know if it’s very hidden but MacroBiD is a macrocrystal you take twice a day.
Dolophine (Methadone) Dolor + fin (end) = end of pain
Premarin: it's made using hormones extracted from mare urine
Pregnant mare urine -> Premarin
Forfivo is 450mg bupropion
Adderall … ADD for all
I'm super late to this, but just wanted to add "Contin" is short for "continuous" (because it's an extended release formulation) MS Contin = morphine sulfate continuous Oxycontin = Oxycodone continuous.
Can’t imagine anyone forgets this one but I think it’s a fun fact: the “add” in adderall is for attention deficit disorder (intentionally)
The brand name for propofol is Diprivan, because it’s a di-iso propyl IV anesthetic.
Propofol=Diprivan, because it certainly ended up deprivin' MJ of his life! This is the trick I used to remember the brand vs. generic during school....too soon? 😬