@RenewedRebecca @grayface_ghost But I digress: citalopram, cetirizine, montelukast, etc.

Unambiguous. These are the names of drugs.

Celexa, Zirtek, Singulair. These are product names, and often they are hyper local, or randomly change what’s in them and call it the same thing.

I get why the drugs companies do it. They don’t want you buying generics whereas health systems in the rest of the planet are state funded and don’t put up with being held to ransom by big pharma.

But it’s a pain in the arse for the rest of us, and also potentially dangerous when they decide they’re going to grow the brand by calling a bunch of different drugs the same thing.