Random Medical Mnemonics- a collection in progress
I'm starting a collection of these but some of them are quite obvious and intentional, others less so, and still others just may not be true: Progesterone- Pro-gestation hormone. Premarin - Pregnant mare's urine. Lasix- Lasts six hours. Morphine- named after Morpheus the Greek God of Dreams. Ambien- am (morning) bien (good). Surfactant- Surface active agent. Protonix- a proton pump inhibitor, it "nixes" protons. Lovenox- no Factor x, or no x ("Xa" is a coagulation enzyme). Vicodin- hydrocodone is 6x stronger than codeine. The Roman numeral for 6 is VI. VI+codeine =Vicodin. Macrobid- Macrodantin, twice a day. Glucophage- glucose phage, or glucose "eater" Versed- very sedating. Labetolol- "beta"- beta blocker. Procardia- "ca"- calcium channel blocker. APGAR- appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration.