Nomi Farmaci Vari

Question 1

Macrobid

Answer 1

This formulation of Macrodantin is used twice daily (BID)

Question 2

Emend

Answer 2

End Emesis

Question 3

Ambien

Answer 3

AM = morning
bien = "good" in Spanish

sleeping aid

Question 4

Premarin

Answer 4

conjugated estrogens isolated from the urine of pregnant mares (PREgnant MARes’ urINe)

Question 5

Triamcinolone

Answer 5

tri- + -amcin- (alteration of American Cyanimid Company) + 1-ol + -one

a glucocorticoid drug C21H27FO6 used chiefly in the form of its acetal or acetate derivatives especially in treating skin disorders, asthma, and allergic rhinitis

Question 6

Memantine

Answer 6

n. A drug, derived from adamantane, that is used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, dementia etc.

Question 7

Lunesta

Answer 7

Used to help sleeping (Luna = moon in Latin).

Question 8

Bacitracin

Answer 8

New Latin Bacillus subtilis (species of bacillus producing the toxin) + Margaret Tracy b ab 1936 American child in whose tissues it was found

Question 9

Warfarin

Answer 9

Warfarin - Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the ending -arin, indicating its link with coumarin

Question 10

Rapamune

Answer 10

made from bacteria discovered on the island of Rapa Nui

Ora chiamato → Sirolimus

Question 11

Virginiamycin

Answer 11

from Streptomyces virginiae.

Question 12

Vancomycin

Answer 12

first developed to treat penicillin-resistant infections and based on the word Vanquish.

Question 13

Nystatin

Answer 13

after the New York State Health Department Laboratory

Question 14

Zicam

Answer 14

Derived from a portmanteau of the words “zinc” and “ICAM-1” (the receptor to which a rhinovirus binds in order to infect cells)

Question 15

Montelukast

Answer 15

monte-, of unknown origin + -lukast, leukotriene receptor antagonist suff.; see zafirlukast.

A drug that reduces the inflammatory response by acting as a leukotriene receptor antagonist, and is used to treat the signs and symptoms of asthma.

Question 16

Paroxetine

Answer 16

perhaps from International Scientific Vocabulary par- (alteration of piperidine) + ox- + metersethyl + 2-ine

First Known Use: 1977

Question 17

Paxil (Paroxetine)

Answer 17

Paxil: an antidepressant and anti-anxiety drug (Pax=peace in Latin)

Question 18

Vicodin

Answer 18

Its component hydrocodone is approximately 6 times as potent as codeine. Therefore, it is thought that the manufacturer named it VI (6 in roman numerals) times codin (codeine)

Question 19

Xarelto

Answer 19

Works by inhibiting Factor Xa in the clotting cascade