To think adhd meds shouldn't be called Equasym retard in 2020?

[TheLittlePicker]

Why is the adhd Med called "Equasym retard"? You couldn't make it up!

It's also used in music.

I've seen pain killers on slow release named as drug name + retard.

But thinking about it, that was European (not UK) packaging

Thanks for providing a LOL thread on what is otherwise a pretty gloomy time news-wise.

Fantastic thread 😂😂😂

Basically, what we learn from this thread is that the whole world is not English speaking and does not model their use of language on experiences that are particular to the English-speaking world.

This needs to go in the classics thread.

first time I’ve managed a laugh this week.

As clearly stated by everyone else, it is actually a scientific term.

I agree that it’s not a great name to have on a box of pills frequently taken by teens (normally first thing in the morning due to the nature of the formulation but they might need to take it on school trips), and that’s probably why it’s not called that in Anglophone countries.

I don’t think you’ll get very far writing to the manufacturers saying that they should change a name that’s fine in its intended territory because it means something unpleasant if it’s shipped overseas, but you never know: if the manufacturers know that there’s a lot of this cross-border shipping going on then they might consider it. For the fifteen minutes it would take you to compose and send an email it might be worth it.

However if you’re actually in Spain or wherever and complaining that a Spanish word sounds like an unpleasant English word then YABU.

Oh dear....

That term isn't used for ADHD meds in the UK. The slow release Equasym is called Equasym XL. The slow release Concerta is called Concerta XL.
Etc.

The manufacturers are fully aware of the import / export of medicines. It would cost significant amounts of money to make changes.

As I said previously there are only two medicines using 'retard' in the name in the UK and neither are used by children.

At a time when they are trying to maintain the supply chain of medicines to pharmacy, through a pandemic, I am not sure this is the right time for any lobbying.

As an aside I really don't see why this is Classics worthy...

Call a spade a spade
Call a slow release med retard

It’s a know medical term all over the world. The names don’t change because others have gone in and out of fashion.

People that deal with meds know that retard is slow release. Simple, easy, no confusion.

Imagine they called it ‘slow’ then next year ‘slow’ become an insult- can you see the problem, with over 600 countries in the world?

My neurologist told me my leg tightness was 'spasticity'. I reported him of course.

Retardare is Latin for slow, I think. Therefore in relation to ADHD the term is inaccurate, I for one can’t keep up with my delight, she runs faster, talks faster and thinks faster than I on a good day .

I was prescribed ‘Brufen retard’ for an inflammatory condition a few years ago.

@Outtedagain - it’s nothing to do with the what the medicine it for - it is how it is delivered.

@seekingwaxwings - I hope you’re joking?

Cheerbear23 - I forgot about Brufen - can’t remember the last time I used that.

Outedagain, the term refers to the medicine, not the potential taker of the medicine.

'You couldn't make it up!'

Oh Op you really couldn't

Everytime your pilot lands the plane on your holiday the plane repeatedly shouts retard at him or her! Now that is offensive after they have made a perfectly good landing.

SteeperThanHell is brufen reatrd an old drug?
I asked for it last year and the GP then said ‘never heard of it’.

But Theresnobs 'slow' is already used as an insult.
What else could be used? Not fast? A bit less than usual speed?

Thanks for the lesson in symantecs @SteeperThanHell