# Nicknames for drug effects **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-drug-effects/1031872 "2026-07-23T13:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-drug-effects/1031872/41 "2026-08-05T03:48:50Z")
“Bitch tits” are common among male weight lifters/body builders who overuse anabolic steroids: puffy nipples. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-drug-effects/1031872/42 "2026-08-05T04:25:55Z")
Gynecomastia! (Male breast development, normal in adolescents but not so normal in adult men.) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-drug-effects/1031872/43 "2026-08-05T04:41:15Z")
A substantial number of people have had horrific side effects from the class of fluoroquinolone drugs of which Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) is the most well-known (Levofloxacin, Moxifloxacin, Ofloxacin are others). People affected by it call it getting “floxxed”. See “Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs” by investigative journalist Stephen Fried. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-drug-effects/1031872.md?page=2)