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mattd19 | May 07, 2009 12:21 AM | in Health | via Twitter | about FDA

FDA just approved VNDA's schizophrenia drug Fanapt. Where do they come up with these names? Fanapt?

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BEST ANSWER decided by votes | ml962 | May 07, 2009 12:26 AM | view on twitter

Good question, especially because some of the names sound so bizarre. There's actually a pretty informative article on this that I found here: http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/Medicine_Cabinet/medication_names.html

They're kind of tied in with the purpose of the meds. Like concerta to help kids concentrate for A.D.D. Sudafed is pseudo-efedren, that kind of stuff. The home page for the pill you're talking about specifically might have info on the name of the history.

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