Zolmitriptan: By Any Other Name
This post is an apology to you, Gentle Readers. It is over the spelling in this blog of the brand names for the migraine medication zolmitriptan. I’ve even seen two different spellings on the Zomig nasal spray sample box. I have seen on the web many spellings for Zomig and even though I know I typed z-o-m-i-g, I see Zolmig, with an “l” sneaking in. This has been going on for months, I confess. The proper spelling has only just been pointed out to me by my health insurance company (who wondered what medicine I was trying to get coverage for).
I’m Going Crazy
Perhaps I’m getting dyslexia in my old age. It’s a really selective dyslexia that only pops up when reading about triptans. Or perhaps it’s a form of dementia where, instead of seeing space aliens or Tom Cruise trying to get me, it’s a band of rogue “l”s.
From Now On
So, from now on in this blog, I’m going to just bite the bullet and type out the entire active ingredient name, zolmitriptan. I’m going back through this blog to try to make the necessary spelling corrections, but hey, I’m only human and you know I’m going to screw up the spelling of Zomig somewhere.
Again, my apologies for the confusion. I do try to spell the drug names correctly (usually by running the spelling through Drugs.com) but somehow I think the Spelling Gods are out to get me. This is the curse of anyone with a Bachelor’s in English (of which I am one). All of us make fun of spelling errors in others and yet can’t spell our way out of a wet paper bag. This is the deal we make with the Spelling Gods. We get the degree and then look like a bonehead for the rest of our lives.
June 1st, 2010 at 3:26 pm
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