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info_outlineWelcome to the 55th episode in my drug pronunciations series. In the episode, I divide oxcarbazepine and Trileptal into syllables, tell you which syllables to emphasize, and share my sources. We don’t cover pharmacology in this series. Just pronunciations. Today’s drug name was chosen from Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, Seventh Edition.
Written pronunciations are helpful! They are below and in the show notes on https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast.
oxcarbazepine = OX-kar-BAZ-e-peen
- The first two syllables sound like “box-car.” (Drop the “B.”)
- Baz, like basketball
- e, which is a short “e” sound, like the “E” in the middle of the word Elephant
- Peen, like a ball peen hammer
- Emphasize OX and BAZ. BAZ gets the most emphasis.
- Sources: USP Dictionary Online and MedlinePlus.gov
Trileptal = tri-LEP-tal
- Try, like you’re trying to say this drug name
- Lep, as in epiLEPsy
- Tal, like the last syllable in the word, “accidental”
- Emphasize the middle syllable, LEP.
- Source: The medication guide for Trileptal on the FDA’s website
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Links from this episode
- Way Public Library (Perrysburg, OH - my local library) https://www.waylibrary.info/
- Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, Seventh Edition www.drugguide.com
- Oxcarbazepine on MedlinePlus (accessed 5-14-25) https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a601245.html
- Trileptal Medication Guide on the FDA’s website (accessed 5-14-25) https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2017/021014s036lbl.pdf
- drugs.com - check out the “click and listen” feature
- USP Dictionary Online (Subscription-based resource)
- USP Dictionary’s pronunciation guide (Free resource, American Medical Association’s website)
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