Tetracycline

Indications: exacerbations of chronic bronchitis; brucellosis, Chlamydia, mycoplasma, and rickettsia; pleural effusions due to malignancy or cirrhosis; acne vulgaris.

Cautions: hepatic impairment (avoid intravenous administration); renal impairment; rarely causes photosensitivity

Contra-indications: renal impairment, pregnancy and breast-feeding, children under 12 years of age, systemic lupus crythematosus

Side-effects: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; erythema (discontinue treatment); headache and visual disturbances may indicate benign intracranial hypertension; hepotoxicity, antibiotic-associated pancreatitis and colitis reported

Dose: by mouth, 250 mg every 6 hours, increased in severe infections to 500 mg every 6 – 8 hours

Primary, secondary, or latent syphilis, 500 mg every 6 hours for 15 days

Non-gonococcal urethritis, 500 mg every 6 hours for 7 – 14 days (21 days if failure or relapse following the first course)

Counselling: Tablets or capsules should be swallowed whole with plenty of fluid while sitting or standing

By intravenous infusion, 500 mg every 12 hours; max. 2 g daily

Funny and useful reading

Exercise 16. Look at the points in the text. Do you agree with them? If not, why not?

Women and Men

• On average, men are taller and heavier than women.

• Women talk more than men – 23.000 words a day to 12.000 words a day.

• Men have greater spatial awareness. They are better at reading maps than women, better at parking cars, target sports and playing video games.

• Women are better at multitasking. This means doing several things at the same time. Men prefer doing a single task.

• At school, girls are more co-operative. Boys are more competitive.

• The most important thing in life? Most men chose their work. Most women chose being a mother.

• When they’re listening, women smile more, use more facial expressions, and use a greater number of sounds. Men use fewer sounds, and nod their heads.

• Women are less aggressive drivers. 92% of car horn ‘toots’ come from men drivers. Women have fewer accidents than men while driving.

• Women are better at hearing small sounds, but worse at saying where the sounds are coming from.

It’s a man’s world…

• 100% of British bricklayers are men.

• 89% of politicians in the world are men. (But in China and Sweden 50% of politicians have to be women.

• 98% of the richest people in the world are men.

• 80% of children with reading difficulties are boy.

• 88% of murderers are men.

• 96% of burglars are men.

• 100% of British dental nurses are women.

• 75% of foreign language teachers in Britain are women.

• 82% of physics teachers are men.

• More than 50% of medical students are women, but 91% of the best-paid senior doctors are men.

• In Britain, girls get higher grades in school exams.

• Women doing the same jobs as men less. On average they earn 88% of the male salary.

Love	Infatuation
1. An unselfish caring about the interests of the other .	1. Is selfish, restrictive. One thinks, “What does this do for me?
2. Romance often starts slowly, perhaps taking months or years.	2. Romance starts fast, perhaps taking hours or days.
3. You are attracted by the other person’s total personality and spiritual qualities.	3. You are deeply impressed or interested in the other’s physical appearance. (“He has such dreamy eyes.” “She’s got a great figure”)
4. The effect on you is that it makes you a better person.	4. A destructive, disorganizing effect.
5. You view the other realistically, seeing his or her faults, yet loving that one anyway.	5. Is unrealistic. The other person seems perfect. You ignore any nagging doubts about serious personality flaws.
6. You have disagreements, but you find that you can talk them out and settle them.	6. Arguments are frequent. Nothing really gets settled. Many are “settled” with a kiss.
7. You want to give and share with the other person.	7. The emphasis is on taking or getting, especially in satisfying sexual urges.