[TicTacGo]

Okay, so the name of drugs such as Concerta, Antabuse, Elavil and Wellbutrin make sense. (just to name a few)
Pristiq? Invega? Vyvanse?

Where do these names come from?

[-jimi-]

I think it's a mad gnome that come up with these crazy names!!!

Also they have gnomes for different countries because some of those names are different in other countries like some of those meds here are, Voxra, Saroten, Elvanse.

Xanax here is Xanor and in Serbia they are Ksalol (lol).

[Wonderfalls]

Pharmaceutical companies pay companies millions of dollars to name these drugs. One company, Brand Institute, names, tests, markets and otherwise handles 75% of all FDA brand names and two-thirds of the global names. Other naming companies pick up the slack. The FDA has to approve the name; it can't sound like another drug name for safety's sake and they used not to be able to make the name sound too much like the actual function of the drug.

[-jimi-]

I notice there is a trend in naming. Before they liked z's and x's to make "space" names, while now they try to make it sound like a real word.

Originally Posted by Wonderfalls

Pharmaceutical companies pay companies millions of dollars to name these drugs. One company, Brand Institute, names, tests, markets and otherwise handles 75% of all FDA brand names and two-thirds of the global names. Other naming companies pick up the slack. The FDA has to approve the name; it can't sound like another drug name for safety's sake and they used not to be able to make the name sound too much like the actual function of the drug.

I knew Seroquel (quetiapine, AAP) so when I heard about Seroxat (paroxetine, SSRI) I assumed it was also an antipsychotic.