Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?

Doyle ,'Life of the Party'


Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Vortex - Jul 01, 2009 6:38:09 am PDT #14790 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Yeah, here too (different brand name)

Paracetamol! I remember this because when I was in london, a little boy told me a joke (why are there no headaches in the jungle? Because parrots eat em all (say it fast) )and he was very upset that I didn't laugh because I didn't know what paracetamol was!


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 01, 2009 6:42:52 am PDT #14791 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

Because parrots eat em all (say it fast) )and he was very upset that I didn't laugh because I didn't know what paracetamol was!

Heh. Ancient joke. Actually paracetamol isn't a brand name - it's another version of the chemical name.

I argued with The Girl, who is not British, about this for years. She refused to believe that acetaminophen and paracetamol were the same thing. She'd been importing Tylenol for years, claiming it worked better than cheap paracetamol from the pharmacy down the road. She was most upset when I eventually proved to her they were exactly the same thing. (I nearly had to demonstrate with actual chemistry.)


Vortex - Jul 01, 2009 6:44:49 am PDT #14792 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Do you (not just Vortex; the general "you") think that more people ignore the limits given on the bottle of an OTC drug, or adhere to them? Because I know a ton of people who REFUSE to ever take more of any OTC drug than the bottle says, even when I point out that when the same drug is prescribed, the dose is 2x that amount. Like ibuprofen.

I will ask if it's safe if the "recommended" dose isn't doing the trick. For example, my doctor was prescribing 600Mg of naprosen for my cramps. 30 pills was a $12 co pay. However, my doctor suggested that I buy Aleve, which comes in 250mg tablets. Taking three aleve is cheaper than $12 prescription pills, and my doctor gave me the okay for that dose, since he knows that I only take it three days a month.


smonster - Jul 01, 2009 6:47:53 am PDT #14793 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Random pronunciation question - do y'all pronounce naproxen as na-PROX-en or NAP-per-sen? The first time I ever heard it was as the 2nd way, but I suspect that might have been just my oh-so-southern roommate.


Vortex - Jul 01, 2009 6:50:02 am PDT #14794 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I think that it's two different generic names? naproxen and naprosen? Teppy?


Barb - Jul 01, 2009 6:51:26 am PDT #14795 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

na-PROX-en

I say it that way because of the full name of the drug, which is Naproxen sodium


Steph L. - Jul 01, 2009 6:52:14 am PDT #14796 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

naproxen and naprosen?

It's "Naprosyn," with a "y," not an "e," which is the brand name of naproxen.


Hil R. - Jul 01, 2009 6:53:16 am PDT #14797 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I think Naproxen is the generic and Naprosen is the brand name?


Barb - Jul 01, 2009 7:02:52 am PDT #14798 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

It's "Naprosyn," with a "y," not an "e," which is the brand name of naproxen.

I always mess that up.


Barb - Jul 01, 2009 7:06:29 am PDT #14799 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Cap'n Crunch: (whom I just discovered has a first name- Horatio) < /random>

I chose my dress for the RITA ceremony this year. Since I have no official function as either a nominee or presenter, I decided to go the cocktail dress route. Dark purple jersey with a beaded waist detail.

I fear I may look like a giant eggplant, but that can't be helped. At least I have killer shoes to go with.