# Drug names that sound like comic book characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869 "2011-11-23T14:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/1 "2011-11-23T14:01:03Z")
Somebody call Superman! Lipitor is on the loose again. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/2 "2011-11-23T14:19:06Z")
Cymbalta to the rescue! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/3 "2011-11-23T14:34:40Z")
…accompanied by hydrochlorothiazide!!! …ok, maybe that one doesn’t work. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/4 "2011-11-23T14:38:10Z")
Rarr! Mighty Flexeril will rip puny human’s arms off! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/5 "2011-11-23T14:41:01Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Rarr! Mighty Flexeril will rip puny human’s arms off! Not if Xanax has anything to say about it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/6 "2011-11-23T14:45:43Z")
“Librium is here to defend your _Freedom!_” I always thought it sounded like the name of some red-white-and-blue Captain America ripoff. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/7 "2011-11-23T14:50:30Z")
Isordil vs Mevacor! When the mighty Questran tries to take over the town, the call goes out for Crestor! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/8 "2011-11-23T14:52:40Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Not if Xanax has anything to say about it. Xanax would be too mellow to get all worked up about it. Best leave it to Blephamide. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/9 "2011-11-23T15:01:28Z")
Viagra is up to no good again. It’ll be hard to stop him. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/10 "2011-11-23T15:08:05Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Viagra is up to no good again. It’ll be hard to stop him. Yeah, but he’s a little easier to swallow when Ranitidine is by his side. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/11 "2011-11-23T15:25:31Z")
Amid the chaos, meek and humble Donepezil slips unnoticed into a phonebooth, and out emerges Aricept! Able to leap the Blood-Brain Barrier in a single bound! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/12 "2011-11-23T16:23:10Z")
Meanwhile, Zaleplon hijacks the Heart of Gold… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/13 "2011-11-23T16:29:01Z")
I am Valtrex! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/14 "2011-11-23T17:08:12Z")
Valtrex is as naught before the all-powerful Omnicef! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/15 "2011-11-23T17:13:13Z")
“Hey guys, are you going out to fight crime?” “Piss off, Yaz!” ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/16 "2011-11-23T17:18:43Z")
Tremble before the might of… **Warfarin!** ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/17 "2011-11-23T18:00:34Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Tremble before the might of… > > **Warfarin!** Pshht. The mighty Effexor will use the might of Trilipix to put the kibosh on him and win the love of the beautiful Orencia! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/18 "2011-11-23T19:55:01Z")
Zoloft Man versus the Incredible Prozac- a fight for the ages! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/19 "2011-11-23T20:32:10Z")
Zyrtec will use his powers of hystamania against the evil doings of Lunesta from the planet Ambien! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/20 "2011-11-23T20:42:43Z")
This looks like a job for **Lexapro** and his trusty sidekick **Abilify**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869.md?page=2)