Nurses Medications
Published Sep 28, 2007
momthenRN
73 Posts
Guaifenesin? Just wondering,....
sirI, MSN, APRN, NP
17 Articles; 44,794 Posts
gwye FEN eh sin
HeatherB,CST
243 Posts
Siri, I agree with your pronunciation. I remember seeing a cough syrup TV ad years ago in which it was pronounced:
gwy'-ah-fin-EH-sin.
I'm sure that has prompted many a mispronunciation.
elkpark
14,633 Posts
Ditto
GLORIAmunchkin72
650 Posts
Is it possible that there is more than one way of pronouncing it? For example I've heard the med Lyrica pronounced two different ways by different experts.
Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP
4 Articles; 5,259 Posts
gwye-FEH-neh-sin
That's how I've always heard it.
ANN-geh-na, an-GIE-na. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
10 Articles; 18,721 Posts
use our search engine above: change drop down section of allnurses to
medline drugs....at top of each page under name of drug is pronunciation
guaifenesin
(gwye fen' e sin)
medlineplus drug information: guaifenesin
Diary/Dairy, RN
1,785 Posts
Not to mention to MAY to, To mah to
Laughs-a-lot, RN
77 Posts
gwah fah nessin
P_RN, ADN, RN
6,011 Posts
Years back when it was still Rx. It was called glyceryl guaiacolate (talk about a mouth full of sounds.
I've called it both "gwy a Fen' a sin" and "gwy a Fe NESS' in."