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Pepin’s Pharmaceutical Prattle for 06-26-2006
Quote of the day: Verbing Weirds Language. Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbs)
Good morning ! You've been verbed
The process of "verbing" a noun may or may not include the addition of a suffix. The suffix "ify" can be used to verbify just about any noun. Alternatively, you can use "-ate" or "-ize". It is quite common in the computer world- access the file, e-mail me, IM me, merge. or Google (the rare form of a proper verbated word). Many words are commonly used as verbs although not originally intended to be so. Most people would consider the following as something that can be done to an object or person: ship, drink, fish, dress, fool, stop, or lure. The phrase "Book him Dano" is another example of how we have come to accept verbing as normal language. In most cases it becomes a shorthand way of communication: "He was Borked!" (Bork (v)"to destroy a judicial nominee through a concerted attack on his character, background and philosophy."-NYT) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork
Medicine and pharmacy are not exempt from verbing: "That patient should be digitized "(a patient is given e sufficient amount of digoxin to produced the desired effect) [although if a person was truly digitized they might be a better candidate for electronic medicine] pun intended. I recently saw an order to "Dilantinize" a patient in need of Dilantin loading. Others include: catheterize, intubate, and x-ray. Some that have not caught on are: "Peninicillinize", "Lipitorize", or "Viaggravate",
This coming 4th of July weekend you can e-mail me any additional examples while I fishinate and vacationize. If you run into me then say "hi" and beer me. =================================================== ps. Best answer this week to the question "How are you?" was "Not half-bad!" pps. Occasionally, some of the links require FREE registration.... I'm sure you can handle THAT slight inconvenience. ------------
1) Brand Name drug prices inflatified The price of brand name drugs rose 4 times faster that the consumer price index since the first of this year. (but then again so has gasoline, higher education….) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aCovYaZy2v_0&refer=top_world_news
2) Senator bloviates about low cost drug Zicor price drops BELOW generic prices to keep market share and Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat, complains about it. (Just shows that you can't please all of the people.) http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=AP&Date=20060620&ID=5811162&Symbol=US:MRK
3) Best Buy Minnesota to promote website that touts a Consumer Reports-esque best buy in 13 drug categories. Any bets that generics take the spotlight? (note that the word Buy is a verb but it has been nounated) http://kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=38103
4) Information me Doc. Physicians prefer to speak with Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) who have doctorates but about one-third do not have the "creds". http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-16-2006/0004381845&EDATE=
5) 500,000 Seniors on Part-D were over-countifed Some Medicare Part-d beneficiaries were counted twice when they were numberatized.. No benefits were lost … it just makes the counters look bad. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061601483_pf.html
6) J&J is sueified The contraceptive OrthoEva patch may have caused bilateral pulmonary emboli (blood clots to the lung on both sides). I'd say that the women is lucky because of the often fatal outcome of this event. http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/060616/100878.html
7) Prescriptions must be Printorized Washington state has made cursive prescription void. Pharmacists may not fill a prescription unless it is printed, typed(like anyone still owns a typewriter), or electronically produced. This does put the pharmacist in the middle as "script cops". The goal is to reduce medication errors but it may have more to do with the push toward e-prescribing. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/274707_cursive21.html
Have a SUPER-FANTASTIC week. Steve
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