Drugs Jargon

An employee in my office talked about how miserable she was when attacked by chicken pox. It hasn’t spread all over the body yet but fatigue, pain, tiredness mix into one. She continued talk about the medicine she used and make sure we buy one if we had chicken pox. She said it was very effective. I can’t even remember the name of the medicine. Gone with the Wind. I’m too blind for this thing. I remember long time ago, when I had fever, a friend told me to buy Paracetamol. What is it? Is it a drug name or trade name?

However, there’s an explanation for my medicine ignorance.

I’m a person who believes in self healing. When flu, cold, or fever attacks you, just let them go. I don’t go to the doctor or use any drug (even generic drug that can be easily found in the store). Drug just reduces the symptom. Only the body's immune system can effectively destroy the invader. Drink hot tea or soup to heat your body so that the virus growth slow down and the body can produce mass production of antibodies faster.

I visited doctor once when I was in college. I wanna go home so I thought by having doctor prescription, there’s a reason to go home. Unfortunately, after having my med/drug I feel better on the next morning. I even wash my hair to get cold but it doesn’t work. One of the employees in my former company said I’m skinny, eat below human standard, but very seldom got sick.

As we getting older (hiks hiks), I knew we can’t have fit body all the time. Iron touch by oxygen will make it rusty. Human body absorbs oxygen for metabolism will make it older. On November 2005, I have flu and I guess the worst flu ever. I can’t work, I have migraine, and I feel heat on my chest. It never happened before. Avian influenza was hot news that attacks our country on that time. Kind of worry so I decided to go to the doctor. Thanks God it was just an ordinary flu. :) Fiuhh... relieve...

Anyway, after hearing the story about that chicken pox med, maybe it’s time to care about drug jargon. There’s nothing to lose. What’s the different betwen aspirin, paracetamol (acetaminophen), and ibuprofen. Which one is drug name and which one is trade name. What drug is supposed to be used when we got sick. At least you keep on track when people talking about medicine/drug. If you have no experience it doesn’t mean to be allowed to know nothing.

Last movie watched: X-Men II
(Kind of curious because someone said X-Men II is the best episode of X-Men movie. I don’t impress. LOTR still #1. It is the best visual effect movie ever combines with its great story)