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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / March 2007Where do those names come from?
How do manufacturers come up with generic names like montelukast or omeprazole or gabapentin? Are the names based on anything, or do they just pull them out of their butts? Can the developing company name a generic drug something like glaxosmithklinerules, or tevapissesonsandoz? > How do manufacturers come up with generic names like montelukast or > omeprazole or gabapentin? Are the names based on anything, or do they > just pull them out of their butts? Can the developing company name a > generic drug something like glaxosmithklinerules, or tevapissesonsandoz? Often they take the chemical name and take some syllables out of them and try to make something pronouncable (is that an English word?) out of it. For instance: 2-(5,6,7,8-teTRahydro-1-naftylAMino)-2-imidAZOLINE = tramazoline. Sometimes the name derives from the plant the drug originates from, e.g. digoxin from Digitalis pupurea, colchicin from Colchicum autumnale. And sometimes I just don't know, as is the case in the examples you gave. (Well, ther is an azole-group in omeprazole, but i can't really find the "omepr") Montelukast sounds like a fine Italian wine to me, as in: "I'll have Domperidon with the oysters and after that a bottle of Montelukast with the lamb" Cheers, Menno >> How do manufacturers come up with generic names like montelukast or >> omeprazole or gabapentin? Are the names based on anything, or do they [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Menno Thanks. I was just wondering. > How do manufacturers come up with generic names like montelukast or > omeprazole or gabapentin? Are the names based on anything, or do they > just pull them out of their butts? Can the developing company name a > generic drug something like glaxosmithklinerules, or tevapissesonsandoz? Notice that the drug companies like to make the generic name hard to pronounce and remember but try to make the brand name as easy as possible to remember. Then the same generic drug will have multiple names depending on what country it is marketed in. >> How do manufacturers come up with generic names like montelukast or >> omeprazole or gabapentin? Are the names based on anything, or do they [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > remember. Then the same generic drug will have multiple names depending on > what country it is marketed in. Couldn't help noticing that. But it sort of makes sense if the generic name says something about the drug. Like simvastatin, which is a statin. I don't know where the simva came from. I suppose they might have called the brand Zocor and the generic zocorstatin, but they didn't. Pravachol is pravastatin, though. > Couldn't help noticing that. But it sort of makes sense if the generic > name says something about the drug. Like simvastatin, which is a > statin. I don't know where the simva came from. I suppose they might > have called the brand Zocor and the generic zocorstatin, but they > didn't. Pravachol is pravastatin, though. But is called Selektine in my neck of the woods. Menno |
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