You say Tomato, we sayTomarto, You say Potato we say Drug Names

How do you say drug names?...This is a difficult one. 
We may say the same word, but it may sound differently. 
e.g. Microglia (meaning small glia) = Micro Glia but I have heard Mike Rog Lee A. 

So the intonation can make a big difference. When I go to Slovenia and speak no one can understand me because of my rubbish pronounciation....there is one place called Ptuj (Pah two Ee) sounding/reading like nothing but when asking directions blank faces abound. On a recent Chat show Lilly Tomlin (American Actor) had no idea what a Scottish Comedian was saying.  However, in London/UK we hear the same word said hundreds of different ways because of the many different accents and you have to guess whats being said.

How should drugs be Pronounced?  

The medical students come up with some funny sounding ones. 

Americans can saw words differently such as Iran is Eye Ran in American and Ee Ran in British, Moss Co. (Moscow) in British Moss Cow in American ....Para Seat A Moll (paracetamol) in British and Ass seat amino fen  (Acetaminophen) in American:-) in fact Brits say A Me No  and not A My No (amino)

So I may get them wrong about how to say the names of MS drugs. Here goes. The companies can email us if we get it wrong

Co Pax Own  (Copaxone)        
Ow Badge Ee Oh (Aubagio)  
Am Pie Ra/Fam Pie Ra (Ampyra/Fampyra) 
Av On Ex (Avonex).  Have =Av
Tie Sab Ree (Tysabri), 
Ree Biff (Rebif),                
Jill En Ya (Ja) (Gilenya), 
Beta Seer On/ Beta fear On (betaseron/betaferon), 
Lem Trar Da (Lem trada), 
Plegg Rid Ee (Plegridy)    E as in Sea/See
Ex Tave Ee A (Extavia)

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