Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

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Was on the phone with a nurse today getting a pt's med list and she said one of the meds the pt was on was "MET-rol-pol"...Uh...Metoprolol?? "Yeah, okay." Oh brother!

So what have you heard meds called - by MEDICAL personnel...who theoretically should know better?

Well, in my book there is Lopressor and Dilantin...lol

Me too! I am the worst at pronouncing drugs.

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when in doubt,,, I spell it out!:lol2:

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.

med-uh-pro-loll and me-Top-rol-loll

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Pronouncing is not my cup of tea Iam bad at it. Hopefully it will get better with time.:idea:

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I suffer from LYS-DEX-IA....

My tang gets all tungled up....and oh well, it's just ugly sometimes....

Ya know that "look alike/sound alike" list that the pharmacy is always alerting us about....like LUNTESTA and NUELESTA....etc???

I think drug names are just another sinister plot.....

I also have a question:

Why is it that nurses are required to dot every i and cross every t, and make sure their notes are legible.....but DOCTORS can slop their pens all over a chart so that it resembles something akin to a cross between artwork by a chimpanzee and a four year old on a sugar high, and somehow THAT'S OKAY???

I guess different initials after your name entitles you to sloppiness privilege.

ugh.

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: LMAO!!!:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: AMEN!!!

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Specializes in MedSurg.-Tele, Home health, LTC.

a co worker of mine says aprahlozam for alprazolam..and a pharmacology pharmacist/instructor who says " my-h-hezidema" for myedema ( arrghh!).

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Specializes in MedSurg.-Tele, Home health, LTC.

oops, i have a hardtime pronouncing "dipyridamole" ( spelling? ), and ipratrium bromide ( spelling?).:eek:

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Ipatropium is the spelling

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Specializes in Cardiology.
Well, in my book there is Lopressor and Dilantin...lol

Amen! ;-)

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
to be fair, i am terrible at pronouncing drug names. terrible! i am not stupid (and i know thats not what you were implying !!!) but i have this mental block. i see the word, i say the word in my head....and it still comes out all wrong :lol_hitti !! oh well!!

i am also horrible in pronouncing medications, embarassingly horrible. i know what it is, can (usually) tell you what it does, but to pronounce it to a patient would scare them. and, i was one of the nurses that used to say "metroprolol" until i got my drug book that shows how to pronounce them.

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Specializes in Tele, Infectious Disease, OHN.
To be fair, I am terrible at pronouncing drug names. Terrible! I am not stupid (and I know thats not what you were implying !!!) but I have this mental block. I see the word, I say the word in my head....and it still comes out all wrong :lol_hitti !! Oh well!!

I don't think is anything to with intelligence:idea: It is just funny to me when I am trying so hard to figure out what the other person is saying. I had an anatomy instructor (here in Texas) who was from an Ivy League school, and he howled at how we pronounced certain words.

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Specializes in RN CRRN.

i cant say exploratory laparoscopy so in rpt i say lap

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