About this episode
In this episode, I divide rosuvastatin (generic name), Crestor (brand name), and Ezallor (Sprinkle Capsule, brand name) into syllables, tell you which syllables to emphasize, share my sources. As a bonus, I also confess to my favorite mispronunciation of rosuvastatin. The written pronunciations are below and in the show notes on https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast. ?Note: we don't cover pharmacology in this series. Just pronunciations. Rosuvastatin = roe-SOO-va-STAT-in. Roe, like you row a boat Soo, like the the nickname for Susan (Sue) Va, like the back half the drug company, Teva Stat, as in "I need that right away!" In, like I put the pills in the bottle. Emphasize SOO and STAT. STAT gets the most emphasis. Sources — Written https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a603033.html, Spoken: https://www.drugs.com/rosuvastatin.html (Use the "click and listen" feature.) Confession: I tend to say ruh-SOO-va-STAT-in instead of roe-SOO-va-STAT-in. (The first syllable sounds like "ruh" instead of "roe.") Crestor = Kres-tor Kres, like the top of a wave (a crest) tor, like a torrential downpour of rain In the literature, neither syllable is emphasized. Emphasize both syllables equally. Sources — written: Crestor's Prescribing Information (Patient Counseling Section, Section 17) https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/021366s043s044lbl.pdf. Spoken: use the "click and listen" feature on drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/crestor.html Ezallor = Ez-Aah-Lor Note: Full name is Ezallor Sprinkle Capsules, but we only cover Ezallor in this episode. Ez, like the name Ezra Aah, like a short "A" sound or a schwa "A" sound. "Uh" And Lor, as in folklore As with Crestor, no syllable is emphasized. Emphasize all three syllables equally. Sources — written: prescribing information for Ezallor (Patient Counseling Section, Section 17) https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2020/208647s002lbl.pdf. No spoken pronunciation available. Thank for listening to the 58th episode in my drug pronunciation series! If you'd like to recommend a drug name for this series, please reach out through the contact form on my website, thepharmacistsvoice.com. If you kn
