"Prescription Ass Effects"?
I couldn't believe I was hearing a TV commercial for a drug called "Prescription Ass Effects," yet it sounded like a typical drugs-for-old-people commercial, and not something off Saturday Night Live.
Well, I looked up and over at the TV, and leading the pack for dumbass drug names is "Prescription Aciphex."
Drug companies spend buttloads upon buttloads (sorry!) of money on every aspect of launching a drug. Were they really in the dark about this...that the effect of this drug name on people who hear it...well, "Take this drug and you can play your asspipe like a kazoo!"?
One of the mattress manufacturers (Simmons, maybe?) had to start enunciating in their adds for backhair, oops, I mean back care mattresses.
Pricklypear at August 22, 2010 12:18 AM
What is it with advertising prescription drugs anyway? The last thing one needs is clueless individuals self-diagnosing and demanding particular drugs from their doctors. Of course, the bribes the drug-companies pay doctors should also be eliminated.
bradley13 at August 22, 2010 1:12 AM
if you want hilarious prescription drug names, just watch the colbert report.
my favorite is fagajiz.
jody martin at August 22, 2010 1:32 AM
I want to start a country/bluegrass band so I can name it Hoof Hearted.
Steve Daniels at August 22, 2010 6:05 AM
And googling for "Prescription Asiphex" brings back with did you mean Prescription Aciphex.
Which the spelling makes more sense when you think it is an acid reducer.
Jim P. at August 22, 2010 6:24 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2010/08/22/prescription_as.html#comment-1745388">comment from Jim P.Yes, meant Aciphex...blogged that after writing for nine hours straight...sigh...corrected.
Amy Alkon at August 22, 2010 7:03 AM
You just made my day!
saiorse at August 22, 2010 7:14 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2010/08/22/prescription_as.html#comment-1745392">comment from saiorseThank you. We try.
Amy Alkon at August 22, 2010 7:19 AM
And there's Aspresinica (not sure how it's spelled, but they keep saying they can help if you can't afford their drug).
Jeff Foxworthy has a comedy bit about how 9 times out of 10 with the new drugs, the side effects sound 10 times worse than the cure. He's right. At least half of the drug commercials mention you could die taking their product.
KrisL at August 22, 2010 8:43 AM
You can imagine how I felt when my aunt told me she always wondered if I had "ass burgers." She meant of course, Asperger's.
Elle at August 22, 2010 9:03 AM
Apropos of funny prescription names, a friend of mine has a (satire) business selling "penis reduction pills", at http://penisreductionpills.com (yes, it is SFW).
Marshall at August 22, 2010 9:13 AM
"I want to start a country/bluegrass band so I can name it Hoof Hearted."
I always wanted one called Harmony Grits
Pricklypear at August 22, 2010 11:53 AM
Kris, it's Astra-Zeneca, the pharmaceutical company.
BunnyGirl at August 22, 2010 2:07 PM
p. pear, say "Hoof Hearted" out loud a couple of times.
Steve Daniels at August 22, 2010 3:05 PM
Thanks Amy -- It did give me a grin this morning.
Jim P. at August 22, 2010 5:37 PM
I got the joke immediately, Steve. It just gave me an opportunity, and I took it.
Pricklypear at August 22, 2010 9:07 PM
Most prescription drug names give little or no clue as to what they do, but this one is a bit too descriptive: Flomax. Always makes me think of Colon Blow from SNL.
This one isn't the company's fault, but that osteoporosis drug Boniva that Sally Field hawks makes me giggle every time I hear it because it makes me think of Bunifa (Latifah Halifah Sharifa Jackson) from MADtv.
KrisL, about drug side effects: when I was a kid, I had to take a prescription liquid antibiotic that had as a side effect a stomach condition that ranged in severity from mild to fatal. Seriously, that was printed on the bottle. I guess getting rid of that pesky sinus infection was worth the risk when I was ten years old.
NumberSix at August 22, 2010 10:47 PM
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