Hilarious real names for prescription drugs

photo by Myriam Zilles

You’re not going to believe this. The names of many prescription drugs will have you scratching your head in confusion or rolling on the floor laughing. Your reaction may depend on how you choose to pronounce the names. It must be admitted, though, that while I was perusing this list, I couldn’t help but make up a few of my own. Those which were invented by me will be flagged as such. As you read through, have fun thinking up some of your own.

Amen (this is real, it’s progesterone)

Actitex (imadeitup)

Anexsia

Aristocort

Aspergum

Beepen VK

Bumex (no kidding)

Camalox

Chooz

Cromagazine (imiu)

Di-Spaz

Empirin

Endafed

Ethnozine (imiu)

Fastin

Femazole

Flurbiprofen

Gastonate (imiu)

Hubristine (imiu)

Hygroton

Hyzaar

Intensol

Janimine

Kaylixir

K-G Elixir (I wish I thought of it first)

Kilopril (imiu)

Lasix

Levatol

Lopressor

Lorabid

Lowsium

Magmalin

Masculozole (imiu)

Mykrox

Naturetin

Omnipen

Ovral

Penetrex

Pork NPH Iletin II

Proctocream

Questran

Quagmirizine (imiu)

Ratio

Relaxadon

Roxilox

Rythmol

Skelaxin

Snaplets-EX Granules

Spectrobid

Sporanox

Sterapred

Tanoral

Taxol

Tempo

Ten-K

Totacillin

Trimpex

Urex

Uro-Mag

Valium (common)

Veetids

Vermox

Weh-less

Wymox

Xanax (common)

Xanthanadu (imiu)

Yoyoziprole (imiu)

Zestoretic

Zoologiderm (imiu)

One other thing I noticed was that only one of these was underlined in red, and it wasn’t even one of the names I made up, it was a real prescription drug. Apparently spell-check recognizes even the fake ones.

Published by Kurt Gailey

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