Why do all drugs have sci-fi names? I am currently taking some antibiotics called Zithromax, which, as any ful kno, is a planet in the Paracetomol system ruled over by the evil Lord Seroxat whose regime is constantly threatened by the rebellion led by the brave warrior Benadryl. Meanwhile, the giant space cruiser Clarithromycin, piloted by the Cocodamol-born Captain Pepto Bismol, is carrying the refugees from Zantac to a safe haven on Quazepam. Unknown to them, they are being pursued by Count Ketamine and his horde of Lipitors armed with cruel Diazepam guns which fill you with unearthly calm at the point of death.
I mean, is it just me or is this weird?
Hey, humongous one, container of the font of all wisdom, you’ve emerged, blinking in the light, come to bury Capt Beefheart or to praise him?. Is this to pre-empt a possible exposure from the Stockholm bomb shelter.
What is weird is the NHS bill for that lot.
Let us hope Malty that the old fart is at peace
I’ve always thought zoloft would be a good name for a bond baddie
I suppose most of those drugs actually were sci-fi at one point, thought of as miracle cures. However, the strange names have outlived their strangeness. You’ve identified some curious relicts of a heroic age of white-coated pharmaceutical exploration.
‘Ventolin’ is one of the English language’s most beautiful words.
Had it occured that perhaps an adverse interaction brought on this delerium?
Are you allergic to penicillin? (a curiously fungalicious word…)
Ah, the flummoxenes, that money-spinning class of drugs whose very names immediately produce the symptoms – sweaty palms, acute anxiety, etc – they are designed to quell. Bad Lord Seroxat. After just a few swigs of Dr Collis Brown’s magic compound, however, I’m sure |”d agree with the Captain: “We’re matter – the stars are matter – but it doesn’t matter.”
What would you prefer, Pink Serenity for depression, Babbling Brooks for blood clots and A Satyr’s Pleasure for erectile dysfunction?
Do we suppose that the pharmaceutical industry has naming committees similar to Ikea, with one important difference, Ikea’s is staffed mainly by women and based in that Stockholm bunker. The women having little time for long complex names, keeping theirs short and simple, owing to the fact that this Aussie bloke kept trying to shag them. The pharmaceutical industries however had no such encumbrances.