# Did anyone think to say this drug name out loud, before marketing it?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970 "2008-02-02T10:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970/21 "2008-02-03T18:45:33Z")
My friend pointed out to me that the toilet paper manufactured by “SCA Tissue” has as it’s intended use dealing with a “scat issue”. ---
**Author:** ![Paragod22510](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@Paragod22510](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paragod22510)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970/22 "2008-02-03T18:55:40Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] I’ve been hearing an ad for a new gastric reflux drug. The name is _AcipHex_. Ok, it denotes its pH control, but, the silly thing is pronounced “ass`effects.” Come on, that’s hysterical! Maybe, I’m just juvenile enough to find it funny. 😃 [/QUOTE] I just caught the OP’s name…my hat’s off. You have a tough job. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970/23 "2008-02-03T21:16:53Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] Maybe, I’m just juvenile enough to find it funny. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yes, you are, and that is why we all love you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970/24 "2008-02-03T22:26:16Z")
\*AcipHex. \* Sounds just like a hiccup to me. 🙂 There were two guys sitting at a bar. One complained to the other “My stomach hurts like Hell!” The other says, “Must be be that barbiturate.” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970/25 "2008-02-04T03:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] Yes, you are, and that is why we all love you so much! [/QUOTE] 😛 am not, am not, am not! 😃 **Paragod22510** , being a middle level god must be hard too. 😃 [sub]ducks and runs[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970/26 "2008-02-04T19:55:25Z")
Most generic drugs tend to get labels (on their boxes and on pharmacy prescription labels) which indicate the manufacturer next to the generic drug name. Usually, this is a short form. APO refers to Apotex, Ratio to Ratiopharm, Sandoz to, well, Sandoz, etc. And Pharmascience? They use PMS. Makes me giggle. Sandoz manufactures a hypromellose eyedrop named Eye-Lube. I happen to think that it is one of the most disgusting names they could have come up with. Other people don’t seem so bothered by it. They also make an antihistamine/cold relief suppository named Creo-Rectal. It sells well in Quebec for some reason! And EZ-EM, the makers of various contrast-imaging barium products is a short form of the first product made and sold by the founders; a kit for a barium-based Easy Enema. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970/27 "2008-02-04T20:59:27Z")
I still get a juvenile giggle out of the butt-ointment called “Anusol.” I know it’s a perfectly fitting name, but … anus. 😃 Plus, they pronounce it “An-you-sol” which just makes it sound like they’re trying to hide it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-think-to-say-this-drug-name-out-loud-before-marketing-it/435970.md?page=1)