Help me name my drug?

[Th1onein]

As I've posted here before, I research cystic fibrosis and I've come up with a compound to treat it on a basic level. I would like to name this compound after my son, Keith, who died of the disease August 1, 1998.

Would you guys help me figure out a name? Any suggestions are appreciated, even funny ones--Keith was a very cool guy.

[glowing]

1. I had two members of my own family die from this disease, but they

were both awesome. I don't know how they worked on the farm like they did. They died well into their 30's.

[zabet]

2. Sorry about your son....

But, glad to see you harnessed the pain of loss to drive you to creation of something that will
help millions.
Keithskure??

[Th1onein]

4. I've never thought of that one.....

Thanks for the suggestion. I don't know why this is so difficult for me; usually I am pretty good at things like this.

[William769]

3. So sorry for your loss.

I'm not good at naming things but, for you I'll give it a try.

"Allkeith"

[Ian David]

5. I'd love to see a drug called Impeachemol, but in this case it wouldn't be a good fit.

Here are some ideas:

Keithasol
Keithanol
Keithaset

It's both tragic and amazing that after thousands of years of medical learning, so many people, afflicted with so many different diseases, eventually die from essentially having too much snot in their lungs.

Congestive heart failure, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis... all ways to die from snot.

Cure cystic fibrosis, and we may finally find a way to control how fluids move across the membranes of our cells, and win the battle against so many other nasty diseases.

[1monster]

6. Check out this video of French pop star Grégory Lemarchal, who had cystic fibrosis,

here with Andrea Bocelli singing Con te partirò. Doctors don't know how he sang when his lungs were so sick. He died a couple of weeks after this performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TnFuVpt3Tg&mode=related&search=

Other videos of Grégory Lemarchal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoB87R9yO2U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZX7nvAElYE&mode=related&search=

Name your drug after Keith. It is a fitting memorial.

[zalinda]

10. Damn you!

I clicked on the links and watched and heard that beautiful boy sing. I started crying and can't seem to stop. Why is such beauty fleeting and we have such evil lasting for what seems forever. I don't know how much more I can stand of the hatred and greed in this world. I want beauty and peace, why is that so hard? Why is there so much resistance to all of us coming together to make this a wonderful giving world?

I guess I'm a hippy at heart and have never been able to grow out of it. I want to live in a community of beautifully different and wonderful people working together for the common good. Damn it! Damn it!

zalinda

[1monster]

11. I think the most beautiful souls are only loaned to us for a short time

in the hopes that we can learn from them.

So Gregory and others who so briefly enrich our lives are gifts and I try to celebrate them as such.

With those videos and his recordings, Gregory will live on.



I don't see life and death as most people in this country do. I believe that life and death are a contiuously running circle. I believe that our carnate forms are simply a home in which we live for a while. Then we go back to our natural state and chose when (in conjunction with those more highly evovled) to come back in a carnate form.

All of life is a school, and the carnate form is just a more intensive school than the noncarnate form.

[EOTE]

7. Congratulations.

It sounds like you've turned a tragic event into something really remarkable. In terms of drug names, I find it hard to combine Keith into various drug names, but I'll give it a try:

Keithanox
Keithonazole
Panceith (if it's a pancreas med)
VioKeith
Keithacid
Keithosic
Keitonix
Keithium
Keithopromide (Keithopramide)
Keithbuterol
Keithiva
Keithophylline
Keithisone
Keithocort
Keithomycin

I don't know much about the etymology of drug names, but I know many of those names would only be appropriate with certain drug types. Anyway, congratulations again, you've done a great thing.

[Th1onein]

15. I like VioKeith and Keithiva

You guys rock!

[MADem]

8. Forson.

It doesn't have Keith in it, but it's for the memory of your son.

What were Keith's initials? You might be able to do something with those. For example, if Porgie wanted to name a new bomb after himself, he might call it the GeWaBu!

[Th1onein]

20. Keith Lanier Johnson Childers

n/t

[MADem]

21. KayCee? KeChi?

Perhaps a less literal approach--maybe to do with something he liked to do, a sport, or activity....

Is that his winsome little face in your avatar? Hmmmm....winsome...

You've gotten us all thinking about the names of drugs. I always thought they sounded like girl's names, a lot of them--Alleve, Allegra, Viagra, and so forth. They often sound like latin roots, but not quite!

[Th1onein]

26. I like KayCee, too.

That face in my avatar is mine, unfortunately.

You all have given me a lot of avenues here. Thank you! I was stuck, for some reason.

[MADem]

27. I can understand your being stuck--it's a daunting task

Drug names of late are very flowing and 'associate' themselves with what they're supposed to do. In the old days, they just used the generic term, and they had hideous, scientific names with massive endings to them (-cillins, -zines, and so forth) but now the names 'suggest' what they'll do for you. "Viagra" hmmm--you'll be viable, and gra is kinda like GROW...... Allegra...gee, in romance languages, that's like happy, you'll be happy without a noseful of snot....Restoral...Oi, if only I could get some REST I'd feel RESTORED.....

So, you may want to combine what the drug actually does (ease breathing, improve lung function, or what have you) and come up with a suggestive word (easy, air, airy, breathe, breeze, breezy, expand/expansive, open, fresh, clean....) and maybe find a way to combine that word, or a loose approximation of that word, with Keith's name, initials or favorite activity.

And then, you have to make sure some other bum hasn't copyrighted it ahead of you! This might help in setting your mind to the task--it's from the FDA, so there's no copyright on it (and thus no need for that four paragraph rule):

Satisfying the FDA
Every drug usually has three names: chemical, generic (non-proprietary), and brand (proprietary), and each is subject to different rules and regulations. The chemical name specifies the chemical structure of the drug. It is not preapproved by any organization, nor is it recognized in any standard manuals, such as USP publications. Therefore, chemical names are primarily used by researchers, but not in medical practice.

The FDA requires that either the established, or official, name or in the absence of an official name, the common or usual name, appears on labels and labeling of a drug product. The common name, loosely referred to as the generic name, must accompany the brand name, if there is one. The established name for a drug substance is usually found in the originating country's pharmacopeia, an official book or list of drugs and medicines and the standards established for their production, dispensation, and use.

The generic name is usually created for drug substances when a new drug is ready for marketing. It is selected by the United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council, whose expertise is recognized by the FDA, according to principles developed to ensure safety, consistency, and logic. These names are typically used by health care professionals.

Generic names are coined using an established stem, or group of letters, that represents a specific drug class. For example, the USAN stems include suffixes like -mab for monoclonal antibodies, such as infliximab, or prefixes like dopa- for dopamine receptor agonists. The arthritis medications celecoxib, valdecoxib, and rofecoxib are generic names containing the -coxib stem. Each belongs to a class of drugs known as the COX-2 inhibitors.

Names that include such stems, chemistry roots, or any other coded information are easier to remember, and give clues about what a drug is used for. These names, however, typically sound or look so much alike that they contribute to medication errors, especially if the products share common dosage forms and other similarities.

The brand name, also called trademark, can be created as soon as a generic name has been established. Only brand names of products subject to a new drug application or an abbreviated new drug application must be approved by the FDA first. This requirement distinguishes them from generic names.

According to a report in the January-February 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, there are more than 9,000 generic drug names and 33,000 trademarked brand names in use in the United States.

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/405_confusion.html

You have a great face--and a unique avatar! Let us know when you get that name established!

[murray hill farm]

9. keithope!

keithelp! keithonor!

[porphyrian]

12. That would be like finishing an artist's work for them.

You'll think of something, and it's wonderful that you've come up with a treatment.

[Javaman]

13. CoolKeithatone. nt

[coffeenap]

14. CFbgon. (You asked for funny...)

Kudos to you for your incredible efforts and dedication.

[Canuckistanian]

16. Vivitor

Sorta like Lipitor with a "viv", for life.

[myrna minx]

17. Vidakeith: Keith's life.

Espoirkeith: Espoir means hope in French.

Congratulations.

[Richard Steele]

18. Hoo boy, "Keith" is not the easist name to use in a project like this...

I just wanted to get a post in here so I can find
the thread again quickly in case any ideas strike.

[moondust]

19. KT Compound

Assuming, of course, that his last name is "Th1onein." O8)

[Ilsa]

22. Some variation of Keith's name, absolutely. Bless you and

congratulations on your work. You're going to help alot of people. I wish someone had been able to do that for you and your family.

[myrna minx]

23. Kick for this labor of love. n/t

[The Straight Story]

24. How about this:

take 'for keith' - then re-arrange those letters to come up with a name, so his name will always be in it.

[Jed Dilligan]

25. Keith is a Gaelic name meaning "wood" or "wind"

You could more easily use the Latin words for the same meanings: "sylva" or "ventum."

on edit: I found that the Celtic root is coed-, which lends itself to all kinds of drug names: coedex, coedene, coedenol, etc.

[MADem]

28. Wow...that's something.

I can't help but associate the respiratory issues of cystic fibrosis with "wind" as suffers have difficulty catching their wind.