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
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