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#97097 - 05/02/08 01:40 AM fovastatin?
HyperSloth HyperSloth New Member Registered: 01/29/08 Posts: 22 Loc: Missouri, USA	Hello all. I was transcribing a list of current medications for a patient's note today and the doctor very clearly (he actually slowed down and made a point to say it very distinctly) says "fovastatin", emphasys on the "fo" part. I tried everything I could think of from drugs.com and rxlist to google and found nothing (other than the typical web misspellings that mean nothing) about a drug named "fovastatin." The only thing close to I found is Lovastatin and fluvastatin (obviously) but it's the beginning of the word that he very clearly pronounces and he definitely says "fo." I've already sent it in with a flag to the editor, but it's still bugging me after finishing my work for the day. I guess he could have just said it wrong, but this doc doesn't usually make those kind of mistakes. Normally the only time he stresses a pronunciation like that is because a previouis transcriber got it wrong and he's making sure it's understood correctly. Maybe I'm just too tired and need to go to bed now. G.night.
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#97109 - 05/02/08 10:50 AM Re: fovastatin? [Re: HyperSloth]
Wordcraftr Wordcraftr Junior Member Registered: 02/11/08 Posts: 80 Loc: Midwest coast	Just because a doctor says it, does it make it right? _________________________ Gravity. It's not Just a good idea. It's the Law.
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#97114 - 05/02/08 11:26 AM Re: fovastatin? [Re: Wordcraftr]
HyperSloth HyperSloth New Member Registered: 01/29/08 Posts: 22 Loc: Missouri, USA	Originally Posted By: Wordcraftr Just because a doctor says it, does it make it right? Well, when you put it that way.
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#97158 - 05/02/08 08:44 PM Re: fovastatin? [Re: HyperSloth]
Badfinger Badfinger Member Registered: 11/07/07 Posts: 317 Loc: Grand Prairie, TX	Ha! No kidding. I have had docs mispronounce words and demand them be spelled with their misspelling. I swear some just think their masters of the English language and can just make up words as they dictate. . . . . _________________________ I've got something to say . . . . it's better to burn out than fade away.
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