Ever since receiving my ALS diagnosis, doctors have offered to prescribe me sleeping pills. Like receiving a death sentence might keep you awake at night or something. I heard the stories of people sleepwalking and raiding the refrigerator while they were on Ambien. I'm not so concerned about that side effect. If I start sleepwalking, we don't just have a sleeping pill on our hands. We have a damn cure for ALS!
At least the brand name Ambien gives you some indication of what the drug is for. Ambien. Kind of like "ambient". Kind of like "ambrosia". I can see the connection between that and sleep. But there are some drug names out there that are just plain silly.
For example, have you seen the advertisement for the bi-polar drug called "Abilify"? Abilify. Doesn't that sound like a word President Bush would make up and slip into a speech? Five to one odds we hear something along these lines in the new year.
"We need to abilify the Iraqi army before we bring our troops home."
Or, "I have found a loophole in the constitution that will abilify me to seek a third term."
Or, "Somebody forgot to give Joe Lieberman his Abilify. He thinks he is a Democrat and a Republican."
Wait. I guess that last one would be the way the pharmaceutical company would want that word used. I still think Bush might throw "abilify" in another context before his term is over. 390 days to go!!!