Re: Pfizer to recall Celebrex as Merck recalls Vioxx

From: Kurt Ullman (kurtullman_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:44:31 GMT

In article <77qol0drkqnsqpel9ni4evsoj6k62fmnno@4ax.com>, PF Riley
<pfriley@watt-not.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:40:45 -0500, Archimedes Plutonium
><a_plutonium@iw.net> wrote:
>
>>Anyone figure out why the management of Merck loves to use letters at
>>the end of the alphabet of the "v, x, z "
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>Because X, Z, and Q in drug names has been shown to catch people's
>attention more than more generic looking words with more common
>letters.
>
>Or maybe the ones who name drugs are Scrabble fans.
>
>PF
   If you are looking for a good trivia question, do you know the
name of the only palindromic medication???
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     Xanax 

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