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In 1997, the Ig Nobel Prize in medicine went to a trio of researchers for their discovery that listening to Muzak stimulates the immune system and may help prevent the common cold.

Med School

Can you match the top five most prescribed drugs in 2023 by their chemical and market names?

1. Levothyroxine

2. Vitamin D

3. Amoxicillin

4. Lisinopril

5. Amphetamine/dextroamphetamine

a) Adderall

b) Synthroid, Levoxyl, Tirosint

 

c) Drisdol, Calciferol

d) Prinivil, Zestril

e) Moxatag, Trimox

Answers: 1-b; 2-c; 3-e; 4-d; 5-a

Bonus quiz: What are these popular drugs' market names: Fluticasone, Sertraline and Omeprazole? (Flonase, Zoloft and Prilosec)

Last Words

"Weep not, friend, for me, who dies innocent, by the lawless act of wicked men. My condition is much better than theirs." -- Agis IV, King of Sparta (241 BCE), who was executed by strangulation, but apparently given enough time to say a few final words

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