# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![sofarinimout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@sofarinimout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sofarinimout)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/41 "2011-11-26T22:28:31Z")
I would never be heroic, I am Navane ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/42 "2011-11-27T00:57:45Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > 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. Abilify will turn your bowels to cement with a glance! ☹ ---
**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 27, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/43 "2011-11-27T02:51:05Z")
Buspar. In my experience, usually pronounced “BYOO-spar”, which to me sounds like the name of a comic book donkey wearing a straw hat with earholes. . ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/44 "2011-11-27T04:26:46Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > But how will Zoloft do against the mechanical hordes commanded by Robaxacet? Baron Zoloft would be victorious; he would use a Teca Xabor. ---
**Author:** ![missinformation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/45 "2011-11-27T21:10:23Z")
Valium will be too relaxing, but Risperdal will take care of everything for you. And Zyprexa, the stopper of psychosis…or Neurontin and Tegretol… Singulair always reminds me of a re-seller of single engine aircraft… But Lasix and Dyazide will keep you going!!! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/46 "2011-11-28T15:27:39Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > 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. Abilify is a helpful spell in the magical kingdom of AstraZeneca. It concentrates power, making sure that witches and wizards have more strength than they would otherwise. ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/47 "2011-11-28T16:39:18Z")
But has the unfortunate side effect of making them gain weight. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/48 "2011-11-28T16:45:23Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > …accompanied by hydrochlorothiazide!!! > > …ok, maybe that one doesn’t work. > mmm How about -------- the Mighty NitroQuik? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/49 "2011-11-28T16:47:09Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I knew someone who named her daughter Allegra. She was nothing to sneeze at. (I am so ashamed of myself for that) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/50 "2011-11-28T22:34:50Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I knew someone who named her daughter Allegra. [That’s a real name.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegra_%28given_name%29) ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/51 "2011-11-28T22:42:43Z")
Reminds me of the Sporcle game, [Drug or Pokemon](http://www.sporcle.com/games/LinkinMarc/Drug_or_Pokemon). ---
**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:** [December 5, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/52 "2011-12-05T17:02:46Z")
By day she’s Ibuprofen, a mild-mannered nurse. But a cape and colorful Spandex body-suit later, she’s Advil Girl, teaming up with The Tylenol and the Amazing Asprin to fight the Menstrual Menace. (And, yeah, aches and fevers too. But the MM is a reoccuring foe). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/53 "2011-12-05T17:19:23Z")
Curses! Foiled again by that dastardly devil _ **Abciximab!** _ ---
**Author:** ![BeefTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BeefTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeefTaco)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/54 "2011-12-05T18:28:24Z")
As a pharmacy student, I find this quite entertaining. Never fear, Cefdinir is here! ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/55 "2011-12-12T18:34:33Z")
Beware the wrath of [Xal-Kor](http://www.comics.org/issue/327700/)! No… wait… that’s a comic book hero whose name sounds like a drug. ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/56 "2011-12-12T19:19:10Z")
The impish tormentor of super-heroes, ketoconazole, who can only be gotten rid of by making him say his name backwards (elo-zanoc-otek). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/57 "2011-12-12T19:32:43Z")
The amazing Vicodin will sedate that angry crowd of pepper spraying rogue cops. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/58 "2011-12-12T19:44:08Z")
Some of these sound more like Lord of the Rings characters or places. Cefdinir Isordil Omnicef Aciphex StG ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/59 "2011-12-13T00:34:28Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Some of these sound more like Lord of the Rings characters or places. > > Cefdinir > Isordil > Omnicef > Aciphex > > StG I had that very thought the first time I read a list of cephalosporin antibiotics. “Cefsulodin, son of Cephalexin, brother of Cefazolin…” Cefdinir is one of those too. You could have a whole tribe of elf warriors there. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-names-that-sound-like-comic-book-characters/603869/60 "2011-12-13T02:54:52Z")
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