User:Benjah-bmm27/The Drugs Song
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The Drugs Song is a song from the album Fitness to Practice by Amateur Transplants, based on The Elements by Tom Lehrer. The Elements is itself derived from the Major-General's Song by Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.
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- There's aspirin, adrenaline and also aminophylline,
- Amphetamine, adenosine, augmentin and rifampicin,
- Amoxicillin, penicillin, heparin and warfarin,
- And oestrogen, progestagen and Canesten and chloroquine.
- There's bendroflumethiazide and also cyclophosphamide,
- And metoclopramide, acetazolamide, tropicamide
- Loperamide, amiloride and cyclizine and frusemide,
- And if you're up the duff then you'd best avoid thalidomide.
- There's lithium, fluoxetine and also amitriptyline,
- Paroxetine, digoxin, GTN and azathioprine,
- Miconazole, atenolol and also chloramphenicol,
- And if you want to overdose, there's always paracetamol.
- There's Night Nurse* and there's phenytoin, Zirtek and diazepam
- And lithium, temazepam, midazolam, clonazepam,
- Testosterone, aldosterone, and Valium and insulin,
- And lignocaine and Piriton and Ventolin and Ritalin.
- There's cefuroxime, cefotaxime, cefalexin, cephedrine,
- And metronidazole and ketoconazole, trimethoprim,
- Erythromycin, gentamicin, macrolides, nifedipine,
- And Actifed and Sudafed and Calpol with no sugar in.
- There's phenelzine and hyoscine, ranitidine, cimetidine,
- Potassium and calcium and ev'ry kind of vitamin,
- And pethidine and methadone and speed, cocaine and heroin,
- And cannabis and Prozac, morphine, alcohol and nicotine.
- You must remember all these drugs, the names of which you've learned from me,
- Or fuck 'em all and get a job in orthopaedic surgery.
* Night Nurse is a mixture of dextromethorphan, paracetamol and promethazine.
