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Redleg

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3. Random name generator

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:45 PM

Sep 18

Is my guess. I believe the drug should include in its name the medical condition that it addresses. For example, Preparation H should be "Preparation Hemorrhoid." This way we would be doubly embarrassed to pick up our prescriptions.

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Why do prescription drugs often have long complicated names? [View all] raccoon Sep 18 OP

There's an agreed-upon naming process that describes what the drug does Ocelot II Sep 18 #1

Pharmaceuticals are very complex chemistry (n/t) PJMcK Sep 18 #2

Random name generator Redleg Sep 18 #3

Fukifinoatol! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 18 #4