Where Those Weird Prescription Drug Names Come FromS
Prescription pharmaceuticals tend to have some pretty weird and
wonderful names: Bremabecestat, Vepoloxamer, Nexbolizumab,
Orilotimod. They sound more like characters from sci-fi films
than something you'd want to ingest. So where the hell do they
come from?  Well, wonder no longer, because James Harbeck from
The Week had decided to find out for you. Though it might not
seem it, the tongue-twisting names are in fact convenient
nicknames, as he points out:  It's much easier to say fluoxetine
than to say (RS)-N-methyl-3-phenyl-3-[4-
(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]propan-1-amine.  Truth. But that
doesn't get to the bottom of where thee contractions come from.
In fact, there's an organization called The U.S. Adopted Names
Council that has guidelines about what can and can't be used as
a drug name:    • "Prefixes that imply 'better,' 'newer,' or
'more effective;' prefixes that evoke the name of the sponsor,
dosage form, duration of action or rate of drug release shoul