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[We rescue cats]

The one I have trouble with is my RA med, Xeljanz. Pronounced with the X as a Z=ZelJanz.

[Patriot3]

I don't care what they call the drugs, I just wish all the TV ads would stop.

They show all the happy people who have taken them and then start w/the side effects that take longer than the good sides.

[beckyb1012]

I take daily the generic of Singulair for my allergies.  My Dr. always laughs when I tell her I need more Moose Goose since I cannot pronounce Montelukast.

 

[Franell]

Drug commercials are on TV constantly.  Do people really go to their Doctors and request the drugs they see advertised? You would think that  the list of side effects they are required to state at the end would be a turn off.

[Marp]

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@Franell wrote:

Drug commercials are on TV constantly.  Do people really go to their Doctors and request the drugs they see advertised? You would think that  the list of side effects they are required to state at the end would be a turn off.

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I so agree about the turn off.  Some of the side effects are worse than what the medication is supposed to treat. 

[beckyb1012]

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@Marp wrote:

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@Franell wrote:

Drug commercials are on TV constantly.  Do people really go to their Doctors and request the drugs they see advertised? You would think that  the list of side effects they are required to state at the end would be a turn off.

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I so agree about the turn off.  Some of the side effects are worse than what the medication is supposed to treat. 

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Plus I noticed last week listening to one they spent more air time listing all the side effects than talking about how great the drug was and could help you.  

[Cakers3]

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@Patriot3 wrote:

I don't care what they call the drugs, I just wish all the TV ads would stop.

They show all the happy people who have taken them and then start w/the side effects that take longer than the good sides.

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@Patriot3  I agree. All the singing and dancing 🙄.

[Sooner]

You go to a doctor with anything now and you get a pill or an operation of some kind it seems.  Medicine seems to think anything is fixable. 

[Still Raining]

I just have to laugh when a doctor asks if I am still take some odd name.  Like I can keep track 🤪

[bikerbabe]

I sometimes feel the need to buy a vowel when I see the proliferation of brand names with x z q etc

If you have a medical background, you can often figure out the drug classification based on the suffix or prefix but that only works for the chemical name not the trade/brand name. I’m pretty bad at remembering brand names.