In this episode, I divide rosuvastatin (generic name), Crestor (brand name), and Ezallor (Sprinkle Capsule, brand name) into syllables, tell you which syllables to emphasize, share my sources. As a bonus, I also confess to my favorite mispronunciation of rosuvastatin. The written pronunciations are below and in the show notes on https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast.

💡Note: we don’t cover pharmacology in this series. Just pronunciations.

Rosuvastatin = roe-SOO-va-STAT-in.

Roe, like you row a boat
Soo, like the the nickname for Susan (Sue)
Va, like the back half the drug company, Teva
Stat, as in “I need that right away!”
In, like I put the pills in the bottle.
Emphasize SOO and STAT. STAT gets the most emphasis.
Sources — Written https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a603033.html, Spoken: https://www.drugs.com/rosuvastatin.html (Use the “click and listen” feature.)
Confession: I tend to say ruh-SOO-va-STAT-in instead of roe-SOO-va-STAT-in. (The first syllable sounds like “ruh” instead of “roe.”)

Crestor = Kres-tor

Kres, like the top of a wave (a crest)
tor, like a torrential downpour of rain
In the literature, neither syllable is emphasized. Emphasize both syllables equally.
Sources — written: Crestor’s Prescribing Information (Patient Counseling Section, Section 17) https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/021366s043s044lbl.pdf. Spoken: use the “click and listen” feature on drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/crestor.html

Ezallor = Ez-Aah-Lor

Note: Full name is Ezallor Sprinkle Capsules, but we only cover Ezallor in this episode.
Ez, like the name Ezra
Aah, like a short “A” sound or a schwa “A” sound. “Uh”
And Lor, as in folklore
As with Crestor, no syllable is emphasized. Emphasize all three syllables equally.
Sources — written: prescribing information for Ezallor (Patient Counseling Section, Section 17) https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2020/208647s002lbl.pdf. No spoken pronunciation available.

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Host Background: Kim Newlove has been an Ohio pharmacist since 2001 (BS Pharm, Chem Minor). Her experience includes hospital, retail, compounding, and behavioral health. She is also an author, voice actor (medical narrator and audiobook narrator), podcast host, and consultant (audio production and podcasting).

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