Funny fake names for meds

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I just brought this up in another post too. One of our cardiac thor. surgeons gave me a paper with a med name on it. He asked me to look it up because he couldn't find it anywhere. My first thought was, oh my gosh , is his Blackberry broken or is he worried that he may get a blister on his finger. So I took the gosh darn paper and it sain "Mycoxaflopin", at first glance it looked like a real med. But, when I said it in my head I had to laugh. I guess, even "those kind of Dr's" can have a little humor deep down inside them somewhere.:jester: Of course there's always the old standard pt's with funny names for meds like , Dilauda (I was informed by a pt that it is the liqued form of Dilaudid), or Finergin.

Specializes in LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing.
We have a prof here that says Metro-knee-dazzle instead of metronidazole.

I had a recurring nightmare this semester after my psycho instructor screamed at me about Flagyl and why I didn't know a side effect that wasn't in my drug book, and I was thisclose to making a med error involving Flagyl. A big white pill with legs was chasing me, and his name was Mr. Nidazole.

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I had a patient's daughter fill out the medication info that they were taking at home.

For Ativan=Addavan

For Lortab=Lowertap

I couldn't help but laugh.

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I've heard (in jest) Depabloat (for Depokote) and Stupamax (for Topamax) as well as (seriously) Latex (for Lasix)

heehee

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I've heard Midazolam (versed) referred to as Midazoslam

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.

verapamil = verapidkill

eek..

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Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.

"I cannot take Motrin, it makes me deathly ill but Advil works great". You tell patients they're the same drug and they look at you like yeah right you're a nurse and you don't know anything.

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Lasix - Vitamin Pee

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.
"I cannot take Motrin, it makes me deathly ill but Advil works great". You tell patients they're the same drug and they look at you like yeah right you're a nurse and you don't know anything.

they deserve a :trout:

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.

terributaline for terbutaline

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cute.

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Specializes in Emergency.

While Ibuprofen and Advil are technically the same drug, they are a little chemically different. If they weren't, they would go by the same name. Generic prescription Ibuprofen makes me dizzy as all get out but I can take the same dosage of Advil with no side effects. Weird, huh?

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Specializes in Peds, ER/Trauma.
While Ibuprofen and Advil are technically the same drug, they are a little chemically different. If they weren't, they would go by the same name. Generic prescription Ibuprofen makes me dizzy as all get out but I can take the same dosage of Advil with no side effects. Weird, huh?

Chemically, Motrin, Advil, and other brands of ibuprofen are all the same. They have different names because they are marketed by different companies. The only thing that may be different about them is the outer coating or coloring, but chemically, they are all the same drug.

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