# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/21 "2011-11-23T20:55:56Z")
Enzyte Bob is up and at 'em! He’ll give them a stiff kick to the…ribs, and if any more bad guys have any bones to pick with him, he’ll be sure to unleash his deadly sidekick, Mr. Cyclops, on them. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/22 "2011-11-23T21:51:07Z")
Thyroxine doesn’t do much, but man oh man, she’s got some _LEGS_ and she knows how to use them. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/23 "2011-11-23T21:55:57Z")
Thorazine with get rid of that stain in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/24 "2011-11-23T22:24:51Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > This looks like a job for **Lexapro** and his trusty sidekick **Abilify**. I’ve always thought of Abilify as a Harry Potter spell. Not sure what it would do, exactly. Maybe it’d be some manner of counter-curse. ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/25 "2011-11-23T23:10:30Z")
Wielder of cosmic forces. Caster of powerful spells. It’s Nexium the magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/26 "2011-11-24T00:50:57Z")
Heroin, the female protagonist. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/27 "2011-11-24T00:56:23Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Wielder of cosmic forces. Caster of powerful spells. It’s Nexium the magnificent. Actually, that sounds more like a circus act. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/28 "2011-11-24T03:23:57Z")
Flomax and Rapaflo can change the course of mighty rivers. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/29 "2011-11-24T04:27:25Z")
Zyban fights the good fight against evil villain Nick O’Teen. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/30 "2011-11-24T04:55:49Z")
Anusol will put his finger right on the problem. . ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/31 "2011-11-24T05:06:45Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Anusol will put his finger right on the problem. At the end of the day, does he enter the house wearily and tell his wife that he had a hard day at the orifice? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/32 "2011-11-24T11:49:24Z")
Slightly off-topic… Once I had to do a little work in a tiny Mexican village called\*\* Tazaquil\*\*. I always thought that was the perfect name for some drug – maybe a sleep aid or painkiller. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/33 "2011-11-24T13:05:25Z")
I knew someone who named her daughter Allegra. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/34 "2011-11-24T14:34:13Z")
Watch out! He’s aiming his ondansetron at you! ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/35 "2011-11-24T14:54:07Z")
The Belching Hero, Aciphex! Zocor, able to leap tall moutains of cholesterol! Keflex, the amazingly limber microbe-fighter! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/36 "2011-11-24T15:14:36Z")
Pah, none of these will get past the mighty Provigil and his trusty sidekick Nuvigil! ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/37 "2011-11-25T05:16:57Z")
“I’m sorry Dave, Haldol don’t play 'dat” ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/38 "2011-11-25T06:11:57Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Zoloft Man versus the Incredible Prozac- a fight for the ages! No, Zoloft is definitely a villain - an Eastern European one. Baron Zoloft. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/39 "2011-11-25T06:38:52Z")
But how will Zoloft do against the mechanical hordes commanded by Robaxacet? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/40 "2011-11-25T06:40:23Z")
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