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How do you pronounce,....

Guaifenesin? Just wondering,....

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  • Admin

gwye FEN eh sin

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.

  • Expert
gwye FEN eh sin

Ditto

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.

  • Expert

gwye-FEH-neh-sin

That's how I've always heard it.

ANN-geh-na, an-GIE-na. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

  • Expert

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

ANN-geh-na, an-GIE-na. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

Not to mention to MAY to, To mah to

  • Expert

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."

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