Ye Olde Apothecary
In 1852, this national organization was founded to advance the profession of pharmacy in the United States.
What is the American Pharmacists Association (APhA)?
This cholesterol lowering drug, known by the brand name Lipitor, belongs to the statin class.
What is atorvastatin?
Although the Beatles claimed the initials were coincidental, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is most famously associated with this potent serotonergic hallucinogen?
What is LSD?
In Breaking Bad, Walter White manufactures this pseudoephedrine-based stimulant, known by its street name rather than its decongestant roots.
What is methamphetamine?
In Greek mythology, this hero was dipped in the River Styx leaving him with one weak spot.
Who is Achilles?
This company introduced aspirin as a brand-name product in 1899, making it one of the first mass-produced modern medicines.
What is Bayer?
This bronchodilator, brand name Spiriva, is an inhaled anticholinergic used for COPD maintenance therapy.
What is tiotropium?
Known for triggering feelings of attachment and affection, this "love hormone" is also the title of a Billie Eilish track from Happier Than Ever.
What is oxytocin?
In House, M.D., Dr. House's long-term misuse of this brand name opioid pain medication causes both his genius diagnoses and downfall.
What is Vicodin?
This device measures atmospheric pressure and helps forecast weather changes.
What is a barometer?
This common pharmacy symbol - a bowl with a snake wrapped around it - represents healing and medicine.
What is the Bowl of Hygieia?
This brand name medication, containing buprenorphine and naloxone, is commonly prescribed in medication-assisted treatment programs for opioid use disorder.
What is Suboxone?
Lil Wayne's Me and My Drank describes sipping "sizzurp," made from soda and this prescription cough syrup mixture.
What is promethazine and codeine?
In the Hunger Games series, this fictional drug, derived from berries, is utilized as a suicide drug in case a member of the rebellion is caught by the Capitol.
What is nightlock?
This author wrote 1984 and Animal Farm, two classics critiquing totalitarianism
Who is George Orwell?
This sedative, commonly used in pregnant women in the 1950s and early 1960s, caused severe birth defects and led to modern drug safety testing requirements worldwide.
What is thalidomide?
This long-acting insulin, brand name Lantus, provides basal control for blood glucose over roughly 24 hours.
What is insulin glargine?
This drug is prescribed for angina but gained new life as a recreational inhalant. Its slang name titles Troye Sivan's 2023 single "Rush."
What are nitrates?
In Dope Sick, federal investigators discover that Purdue Pharma used misleading data to promote this brand name controlled-release opioid.
What is OxyContin?
This wedge-shaped system of writing is considered the world's earliest known written language.
What is cuneiform?
Canadian researchers, Banting and Best, shared the 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering this vital medication.
What is insulin?
Codeine, an opioid analgesic, is a prodrug metabolized by this enzyme.
What is CYP2D6?
In her 2025 track of the same name, Jessie Murph compares the addictive pull of toxic love to this powerful opioid.
What is heroin?
In Chernobyl, doctors attempt to protect first-responders from radiation exposure by giving them tablets containing this medication.
What is potassium iodide?
This mountain range forms a natural border between Europe and Asia.
What is the Ural Mountains?