Drug names

[pat]

I am always amused by the attempts by pharmaceutical companies (although all companies do it) to market via product name. This has given us the anti-anxiety drug Paxil as well as the antidepressants called Elavil, Zoloft, and Wellbutrin (which I always thought took the cake for suggestive drug names) to name a few. But I have just found a new marketing champion:

A new drug used as an anti-psychotic for schizophrenics, and a mood-stabilizer for bipolar individuals: Abilify.

Comments

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Given what you know of my sense of humor, it should not surprise you to know that I used to be able to recite the Bass-o-matic commercial from memory.

It's a Floor Wax! It's a Dessert Topping!

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

No, that does not surprise me in the least. : > And I can just hear you saying "...Jane, you ignorant slut."