Tag Archives: prescription drugs

Sci-fi/fantasy name? Or prescription drug?

Posted on December 26, 2013 | Leave a comment

My latest article for TheWeek.com is a quiz. It’s a really hard quiz (but also fun):

Quiz: Drug brand or sci-fi name?

But after the quiz I explain just why it’s so hard to tell them apart. So do it… and live long and fill that prescription!

Leave a comment

Posted in fun, The Week

Tagged , , , , , , , ,

10 strange drug names

Posted on August 20, 2013 | Leave a comment

As a companion piece to my piece from last week, “How do prescription drugs get such crazy names?”, I also wrote a piece focusing on ten of the crazier generic names for prescription drugs. It’s up live now on TheWeek.com:

10 crazy prescription drug names

Leave a comment

Posted in The Week

Tagged , , ,

The dark magic of drug generic names

Posted on August 13, 2013 | 3 comments

My latest article for TheWeek.com is about the generic names for drugs and where they come from:

How do prescription drugs get such crazy names?

Inspired by the topic, I made a video for your entertainment:

3 Comments

Posted in fun, The Week

Tagged , , ,