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

[stillpressingon]

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?

[bimmersbabe]

OMG - I am so thankful for this thread, honestly!! I am a new nurse and have always pronounced metoprolol

Meto pro po lol

How embarassing!! LOL!!! Now I am going to have to work on fixing that!!

[lpnflorida, LPN]

I am guilty each and everytime I have to speak the generic for Toprol.. invariably I say metopropolol. Then I catch myself and have to concentrate to say it correctly. Metoprolol. Irritates the heck out of me.

[Nursebarebari]

"Metropol", by a patient. I tried to correct her but she said she could never pronounce it well. So she chose the other name "lopressor", when I gave her the option.

[Nursebarebari]

I can never pronounce DILTIAZEM, hope I spelled it right, so I always go with CARDIZEM, much easier for me.

Another one I have difficulty with is GUILLAN BARRE.

[Jo Dirt]

I hear words butchered by nurses all the time. All kinds of words.

[haleysmum]

I ALWAYS say Ciproflaxin instead of Ciprofloxacin. And I cant pronounce (let alone spell) carotid surgery. I always say Carotidectomy...

[nursingis4me]

omg!!! i have the same issue with the exact same meds!! lol don't even start when a pt calls in for a refill of a med and tries in vain to pronounce it; if you're not already familiar with either the pt or the med they are trying to say, you're screwed! my favorite is when someone calls in for a refill & tries to say "hydrochrolorothyazide" (sp?)--i tell them just to say "hctz" in the future, they are so grateful for that little tidbit of info. :)

[nursingis4me]

didn't you know---all doctors, both md's & do's, are required to take "handwriting 101-how to everyone who must read your writng" during their freshman year of medical school (& take a refresher course during their their senior year)? lol! :lol: trust me---i know this to true; i worked on the campus of one of the medical colleges in phila. lol!! :lol: