| \n \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/ins><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n When thoroughly and repeatedly gargling (going through about a gallon of mouthwash) failed to eradicate that decidedly unpleasant side effect, Joy dumped the remaining pills down the toilet.\u00a0 Naturally, when she told me what she had done with her 19 remaining Lunesta tablets, I envisioned some sewer rodent (after a long and restorative rat nap, of course) complaining to a pal in his rat pack that he felt like he had dined out the night before on a dumpster full of decomposing human entrails.\u00a0 (Hey!\u00a0 I can\u2019t help the way my mind works but, if it\u2019s any comfort to you, there is probably a drug on the market that might cure me.)<\/p>\n Lately, the names of the pharmaceuticals advertised on the idiot box make\u00a0no<\/span>sense to me at all.\u00a0 The newest to come across the airwaves is a drug called Myrbetriq\u00ae.\u00a0 When I first heard it pronounced, I thought immediately that this had to be the generic form of a drug.\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0 The generic form of Myrbetriq is mirabegron.\u00a0 For what medical condition, you might well ask, is Myrbetriq prescribed?\u00a0 Bladder dysfunction!\u00a0 Yep, that is correct:\u00a0 If you suffer from urinary urgency and\/or frequency, Myrbetriq could be the pill you should pop.\u00a0 But what\u00a0layperson<\/span>is going to remember the name of this medicine? \u00a0Why, it might take even a seasoned medical professional \u2014 most of whom are accustomed to weirdly named drugs \u2014 a dozen or so repetitions of the name in order to recall it on command and to spell it correctly on a prescription pad.\u00a0 Will that healthcare provider advise patients of one possible side effects of Myrbetriq? After all, it\u2019s a doozy.<\/p>\n Side effects aside\u2014and there are plenty of them mentioned in the Myrbetriq advertisements currently airing, believe me\u2014what I\u00a0really<\/span>want to know is the name of the guy who saddled this drug with such a ridiculous brand name.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to ask him what drug\u00a0he<\/span>was taking when he did so?\u00a0 If he wasn\u2019t tripping on some hallucinogenic compound, it could be that he suffers from the very symptoms Myrbetriq is supposed to alleviate.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe what he\u00a0meant<\/span>to name Myrbetriq was \u201cGottapeealot\u201d but, because he himself had such an urge to go, he rushed through his e-mail to the head honcho of the drug-naming division over at Big Pharma, Inc. and prematurely hit the SEND button.\u00a0 The naming of \u201cMyrbetriq\u201d could very well be the result of a typo made by a fellow with a dysfunctional bladder.<\/p>\n When he is fired\u2014as well he should be\u2014I would like Big Pharma, Inc. to consider me as his replacement.\u00a0\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 Indeed, my heart\u2019s a-flutter at the thought of spending my work week assigning names to drugs in development or about to be foisted on American consumers.\u00a0 Although I won\u2019t be able to eliminate all possible side effects from the drugs I name, you can be absolutely certain that any name I\u00a0do<\/span>select for a drug will have at least a passing relationship to the symptoms that particular drug is intended to treat.<\/p>\n I have to say, though, that as glorious as the thought of such a job is to me, I would look forward to the day when the chemists, researchers, lab techs, sales teams and I\u00a0all<\/span>lost our jobs at Big Pharma. That day will arrive when, at long last, the drug that will prevent or cure every illness known to mankind is invented.\u00a0 Only those associated with that drug\u2019s manufacture and distribution would retain their positions at Big Pharma, Inc.\u00a0 Best thing of all:\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t even have to name the new drug, as it already has one:\u00a0 Panacea.<\/p>\n May that day come soon!<\/p>\n By Cara Sheridan O\u2019Donnell<\/p>\n This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.<\/span>” mce_’ + path + ‘\\” + prefix + ‘:’ + addy99319 + ‘\\’>’+addy_text99319+'<\\\/a>’; \/\/–><\/p>\n Follow us on Twitter – @DigiPrintNews<\/p>\n |
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