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My new drug patent: abcdemab. Pronounced “ab-sih-dee-mab”
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My new drug patent: abcdemab. Pronounced “ab-sih-dee-mab”
hahaha i saw that video on facebook the other day
Honestly my biggest day to day complaint is cerenia, convenia and osurnia all sounding similar and being completely different uses.
Although I do appreciate the ability to sing them all to both the Ricola and Activia jingles.
Although I do appreciate the ability to sing them all to both the Ricola and Activia jingles.
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I used to get cerenia and convenia mixed up all the time
So I had to remember that cerenia brings serenity to the GI tract, while convenia is convenient. I got nothing for osurnia.
Also more often sing to the Activia jingle lol
O- otic
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But O is for eyes 😢
I mainly just mean because the O sound is the same as the O in otic. So if you’re trying to remember among the three, cerenia is serene, convenia is convenient (as opposed to giving antibiotics PO), and osurnia is otic. BUT you can also mix all of that up because convenia also gives serenity with all of the skin problems, and osurnia is convenient. But once you actually pick up the bottle or tube it’s easy to remember.
My brain desperately wants to mix up omeprazole and sucralfate.
Which, like, if my brain is gonna screw two drugs up... really benign problem to have. But all my assistants know that when I try and write omeprazole dissolved in H2O TID that I need a slap on the wrist.
I mean if your going to mix up some drugs, that’s the two to screw up for sure lol.
I was in a room this weekend where the client kept telling me she gave tramadol to her anxious dog before her apt and even though I knew she meant trazadone, it had me all screwed up on which one I was writing down lol
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Uhhhh.... osurnia sounds like convenia? or cerenia? Really?
And that one is kind of hard to confuse since it is an otic gel.....
I am confuzzled how that got lumped in with convenia/cerenia.
It ends in "-nia"? Usually people just say the wrong one accidentally then realize what they did.
It ends in "-nia"? Usually people just say the wrong one accidentally then realize what they did.
Maybe I Just don't use osurnia enough..... because it sucks 😛 😉
Definitely confuse convenia/cerenia at times. At least the volume you'd give a pet is the same for these drugs so if you have an "oops" probably not a big deal. I love the smell of cerenia so I'm always looking for that particular smell when using it.
How! It’s literally known as the bandaid smell!
What do you mean how?
It smells exactly like a bandaid. Specifically a wet bandaid.
It does. Very rubbery.
Hey you know what, if you like that then just keep doing you. I’ll stick with smelling my pyrantel and vanilla marshmallow compounded metoclopramide 🙂Yes, yes it does. I'm still missing your point...
I can’t think of anything at the clinic I really like the smell of... but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say I’m the normal one here.
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Methimazole and metronidazole
Marshmallow scented clindamycin tho
I think it’s a “how tf you like the wet bandaid smell Dvmd you crazy”Yes, yes it does. I'm still missing your point...
My rabbit is on metoclopramide and i love the smell too lol
Not drugs, but I mix up listeria and botulism. I don't even know... my brain did not come with an instruction manual!
Listening to clients try to pronounce metronidazole is one of my favorites.
claro is definitely the better of the 2
I like my compounded oti-packs
Cerenia smells awesome. Some people like the smell of gasoline.....not that's weird.
I never said it was, I was just translating. Some people also like the smell of that rubber cement glue we used in class in elementary school. Including my sister and I
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I used to. Haven't needed to since claro
Yeah that glue does smell good.....
I like the smell of gasoline
You mean you don't love sniffing baytril?
Ughhhh I h8888888 the smell of baytril [emoji2961]
Also ceftazidime smells like cat pee
And injectable Baytril is ACTUALLY the worst
But im serious, does anyone else use these 100mg clind tabs? They smell SOO GOOOOOD
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…amoxicillin and amox/clav suspensions smell pretty great.
I had step approx 5 billion times as a kid so was on amoxi a bunch, and liquid amoxi actually tastes delicious to me
Not really a medication, but does anyone like the smell of bag balm? Very similar to cerenia/band-aid scent, big fan. I think maybe it's the lanolin?
@DVMDream
I also love the smell of iron supplements
(Also one of my favorite cocktails is a blood & sand and one of my favorite beers is called Steel Rail ...I may have a weird affinity for metallic flavored things)
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I also love the smell of iron supplements
(Also one of my favorite cocktails is a blood & sand and one of my favorite beers is called Steel Rail ...I may have a weird affinity for metallic flavored things)
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Hmmm...
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Iron deficiency?
You know itHmmm...
Have been tested many times
But I have always particularly liked foods with heavy amounts of iron, ever since I was a little kid.
Dubz's explanation is probably the right one.
For some reason the smell makes me think of MTG
I love the way autoclave tape smells. And healthy horse poop. Though to be fair "love" might be too strong a word.
I smelled an actual wet bandage today because of this convo, then I immediately felt embarrassed and *****ic.
Those tabs are used for pretty much any medication that Wedgewood compounds. So the marshmallow clindamycin is exactly the same as the other marshmallow ones from wedgewood since they use the same base and just add whichever drug to it. I was at a shelter fundraiser/fun run today and a couple employees of Wedgewood stopped by my hospital’s table. It was great to get validation from them that I’m not crazy for loving the smell of their compounded drugs. I also told them that I’ve tried the blank samples that they’ve sent us, and they’re pretty good. They told me that that wasn’t uncommon or weird. Unless they were just humoring me.
All these compounded drugs really makes me want to ask my pharmacy to compound my medication.
So much more money tho
My dogs is $45 compounded into capsules and the human pill that’s too high in strength is $10-15 from CVS
Considering compounded meds aren't monitored by the FDA for quality, safety, or effectiveness, I feel like it probably isn't smart for someone who is scared of medication to go the compounded route unless absolutely necessary...
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