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KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
Over-the-counter medicines also give very specific directions for the use of a medicine.
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The label will also give various warnings and prescriptions.
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Exercise 3. Study the following label carefully. Answer the questions about it.
1. What is the name of this product? 2. List the symptoms this product is supposed to relieve. 3. What are the benefits of the product? 4. Explain in your own words what is meant when we speak about the side effects of a medicine. 5. In what way do you understand the expression no drowsy side effect? 6. How much of this product is to be taken for each dose? 7. How often may a dose be taken? 8. What is the maximum amount of this product that can be taken in a 24-hour period? 9. What signals should the buyer observe? 10. Can you give the medicine to a five-year-old child? Why? 11. What persons are prohibited to take the medicine. 11. What is the maximum period during which the medicine can be taken? 12. Can a person take the medicine for a period longer than the one mentioned in the previous question. When?
Consumer information
D A Y C A R E
DAYTIME COLDS MEDICINE
PURPOSEof product: to provide hours of relief from the nasal congestion, coughing, aches and pains, and cough irritated throat of a cold or flu without drowsy side effects.
B E N E FT T S from product: helps clear stuffy nose, congested sinus opening, calms, quiets coughing, eases headache, pain and the ache-all-over feeling, soothes cough irritated throat.
No drowsy side effects. Non-narcotic
Relieves these cold symptoms to let you get your day off to a good start.
DIRECTION FOR USE
ADULTS: 12 and over one fluid ounce in medicine cup provided (2 tablespoonfuls)
CHILDREN: 6-12 one half fluid ounce in medical cup provided (1 tablespoonful) May be repeated every four (4) hours as needed.
Maximum 4 doses per day.
WARNING
Do not administer to children under 6 years of age unless directed by physician. Persistent cough may indicate the presence of a serious condition. Persons with high fever or persistent cough or with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart or thyroid diseases should not use this prescription unless directed by physician. Do not use more than ten days unless directed by physician. Do not exceed recommended dosage unless directed by physician.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
AT THE CHEMIST'S
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Exercise 4. Study the dialogues above andcompose your own dialogues using the following words and word combinations.
To write out a prescription; pills; mixture; injections of glucose; to go to the chemists; to have the prescription made up; to call back in about an hour.
Exercise 5. DRUGS. In most cases drugs are:
1. taken by mouth; 2. injected into the body 3. applied to the body surface
Divide the following forms of drugs into the three groups.
capsules
pill
cream
powder
gargle
serum
jelly
tablet
lotion
vaccines
lozenge
ointment
Exercise 6. Choose the right answer.
1. The nurse put a on the wound
a) bandage b) cloth c) material d) towel
2. Take two of these three times a day after meals.
a) capsules b) drugs c) placebos d) prescriptions
3. Illness can be stopped before it happens by means of .
a) after-care b) prescription c) therapy d) vaccines
4. If youve got a headache, why dont you take a of aspirin?
a) couple b) couplet c) pair d) prescription
5. The is a teaspoonful, to be taken three times a day. You must not exceed it.
a) dose b) measure c) medicine d) quantity
6. Barbiturates are drugs which are often used in the of emotional disorders.
a) cure b) healing c) improvement d) treatment
7. Many herbs are well known for their healing .
a) contents b) medicines c) parts d) properties
8. The doctor prescribed tablets to help the pain.
a) calm b) lighten c) relieve d) rid
9. He threatened to drink the chemical.
a) deadly b) deathly c) dying d) mortal
10. The doctor gave me some for my rheumatism.
a) gargle b) lozenges c) pastilles d) pills
11. As the drug took the patient became quieter.
a) action b) effect c) force d) influence
12. The effects of the anaesthetic used for the operation take quite a time to
a) give b) move c) turn d) wear
13. One way to get rid of hiccups is to your breath for as long as possible.
a) catch b) draw c) hold d) take
14. Shes suffering from a of iron and needs to take a course of tablets.
a) default b) defect c) deficiency d) deficit
15. After his illness the doctor gave him medicine to another attack.
a) deny b) improve c) prevent d) recover
16. Youll feel better after youve taken a of cough medicine.
a) dose b) helping c) portion d) ration
17. Take the tablets twice a day in two tablespoons of water.
a) dissolved b) melted c) resolved d) solved
18. The doctor gave the woman a strong to calm her down.
a) antidote b) antiseptic c) bromide d) sedative
19. Morphine is sometimes used to severe pain.
a) deaden b) decimate c) smother d) suffocate
20. I hope this headache soon.
a) comes away b) goes out c) passes away d) wears off
21. Few poisons are more than cyanide.
a) deathly b) killing c) lethal d) mortal
22. The nurse made him swallow a(n) to help him sleep better.
a) lotion b) lozenge c) ointment d) tranquilliser
23. Beside washing that cut, put some on it in case you have got some dirt in it.
a) antidote b) antiseptic c) disinfectant d) medicine
24. Certain vitamins help to overcome a loss of .
a) life b) vitality c) vitiation d) vividness
25. The medicine was so that he was almost back to normal within a few days.
a) effective b) efficient c) influential d) proficient
26. He was in terrible pain, so he was given a(n) .
a) injection b) scratch c) stab d) wound
27. She has killed herself She took a(n) of sleeping pills.
a) excess b) exorbitance c) overdose d) profusion
28. This is a very rare poison for which there is no known .
a) a) antibody b) anticoagulant c) antidote d) antiseptic
29. They on a cure for tuberculosis while they were doing research on something else.
a) foundered b) stumbled c) tripped d) trod
30. Doctors write a for medicine which chemists or dispensers make up.
a) certificate b) prescription c) receipt d) recipe
31. the bottle well before you pour out the medicine.
a) Agitate b) Shake c) Stir d) Tumble
32. All medicines should be kept out of of children.
a) contact b) hand c) reach d) touch
33. The doctor told him to keep the tablets in his mouth and them slowly.
a) bite b) eat c) swallow d) suck
34. The label said it is dangerous to the stated dose.
a) exceed b) infringe c) overdo d) repeat
35. In Britain women who are pregnant are from prescription charges.
a) exempt b) freed c) free d) released
36. I always take aspirin when I have a headache.
a) fluid b) molten c) soluble d) runny
37. The medicine should be with a little of water.
a) diluted b) reduced c) thinned d) weakened
38. Alcoholic drinks have a effect on many people.
a) sedate b) sedative c) sedentary d) sedimentary
39. Did you get any effects when you were taking those tablets?
a) backwash b) subsequent c) subsidiary d) side
40. Many drugs are not to the public without a doctors prescription.
a) acceptable b) available c) permissible d) reliable
41. I took the doctors prescription to the chemists to be made .
a) for b) into c) out d) up
42. It seems that medical science is of discovering a cure for cancer.
a) on the corner b) at the edge c) on the rim d) on the verge
Exercise 7. Fill the blanks with the right word from the list below. You may use each word once only.
antiseptic
cleanse
disease
fester
ointment
plaster
skin
wound
Date: 2016-01-03; view: 1965
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