Audio tool to learn how to pronounce medications?

SweetOldWorld, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2010

Hi!
I want to know if anyone know any good resources for Audio Drug Names Pronunciation tool online? It's kinda hard to learn to say these words unless I hear it over and over and memorize them in my head. anyone got any good resources? thank you in advance!

I have an iPhone app called Medical Drug Pronunciations that works pretty well, for the drugs it has anyway.

And also, I have Tabor's Medical Dictionary (comes with Nursing Central from Unbound Medicine) which also has audio pronunciations for some drugs. :cool:

netglow, ASN, RN · Jul 4, 2010

I've got Davis Drug Guide on my iTouch and it has an audio pronunciation for each reference.

healthstar, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2010

I find this hard. I have had so many professors teaching me and I swear everyone of them pronounced the same word differently. I am confused,and I do not know what is the right way to say it. I pronounce meds and other words the way I was tought the first time. I don't think it matters if you pronounce it wrong, I can only see at as a problem with med words that look similar ( one or 2 letters change).

flashpoint · Jul 5, 2010

Great idea...I hate it when I am talking about a medication and someone gets upset or confused because they pronounce it another way. I went to the eye doctor last week and got CORRECTED on how to pronounce Metoprolol! LOL...the same paraoptometric informed me I need to increase my dose...and take an extra one that day. LOL...the actual optometrist got an earful from me. :-)

netglow, ASN, RN · Jul 5, 2010

Ha. My Davis Drug Guide pronounces it:

me-TOE-proe-lole

ljr3591 · Apr 27, 2011

Just found this website for drug pronunciations and it's awesome!! Just click on the drug and it says it for you.

http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/resources/pronunciations/index/a.html