Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Week 19 Drug Word Tricks

Westcort
Cort for hydrocortisone.
West (leads to) West Valley (leads to) valerate
Hydrocortisone valerate

Diflucan
FLUconazole

Xylocaine
Lidocaine (no trick)

MYcostatin
NYstatin

Monistat
M…I conazole

Sporanox
To knock out the spores, It (takes) raconazole
Itraconazole

Spectrazole
The spectrum is EEEenormous.
Econazole

Nizoral
It’s nice to have the key to the house
KE-TO conazole

Mycolog II
My same as Mystatin above which is nystatin. The II part refers to the idea that there are two drugs that make up mycolog II. The second drug is trin’ to leave sin alone. Triamcinalone
Mycolog II = nystatin/triamcinolone

Lotrimin/Mycelex
Clot together the two different brand names and you get clotrimazole.

Lotrisone
Long one, no trick yet.
Lotrisone = clotrimazole and betamethasone

Lamisil
Terbinafine
If you put lamisil in the turbine, it’s fine.
Lamisil=turbinafine

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