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.

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.

OMG! I actually CHOKED on my powerbar from laughing at that!!! Thank you for giving me a really belly laugh!

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Specializes in geriatrics,med/surg,vents.

One place I worked we always referred to Ativan as "Vitamin A" one day I said to a nurse that one of my pts needed some vitamin A,she looked at me real confused and then said"orificenic?"

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hahaha that was funny emrnurse!!!! thanks for the giggle

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Specializes in Med surg, Hospice, Geriatrics, AL, LTAC.

A nurse friend taught me this one: for Bisacodyl or any laxative suppository:

" Butt-rocket" :)

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