2. Reading activities

2.1 Read the text carefully and get acquainted with the rules of making prescriptions.

Prescribing drugs

Suppose you are sick. You go to your doctor. After examining you, the doctor writes a prescription.

A prescription is a written order for medicine. A prescription can be written only by a doctor. It tells a pharmacist what medicine the doctor has ordered for the patient.

A pharmacist is a person who prepares medicine for you. A pharmacist may work in a drugstore or hospital.

A prescription drug is a drug prepared for you. You should take it only from an adult. Each prescription drug has a label. The label tells how the drug should be used. Look at this label. Who should use this medicine? What doctor ordered the medicine? What is the name of the medicine? How often should it be taken?

Hill's Pharmacy

Phone-411-1114

A. Bates, R.PH.

P 2OO June Street, Loran, Ohio

No. 110211 Dr. G. W. Singer

Robert Dale 6 - 1 - О 6

1 Tablet 3 Times a Day 1 Hour Before Meals

#15

(Erythro. 250)

A. B.

3. Post-reading activities

3.1 Comprehension. Are the sentences true or false? Correct false statements.

1. A doctor writes a prescription before examining a patient.

2. The prescription tells a pharmacist what medicine the doctor has ordered.

3. A pharmacist may not work in a hospital.

4. The label tells how a drug should be taken.

5. A prescription drug is a drug prepared for all people.

6. We can get patent medicine of all kinds at the chemist’s.

7. You can find vitamins for people of different age here.

8. A person can not buy washing materials at the chemist's.

9. There is a particular way to write a prescription abroad.

3.2 Answer the questions.

l. What do you do when you are sick?

2. When does a man visit a chemist?

3. What is a prescription?

4. What is a pharmacist?

5. What is written on each prescription?

6. Can you buy make-up at the chemist's?

9. What effect can some medicine have?

Самостійна робота № 13

1. Read and translate the text:

anti- inflammatory - протизапальний;

feverishness - лихоманка; following - наступний; exceed - перевищувати; suffer - страждати;

backache - біль у спині;

Paracetamol.

Paracetamol is a non- narcotic analgetic.

What is your medicine for?

It is used to relieve mild or moderate pain, such as headache, migraine, neuralgia, toothache, sore throat, period pains, muscle pain and backache. It can also relieve the symptoms of rheumatic aches and pains, influenza, feverishness and feverish colds.

Before you take your medicine:

If your answer to any of the following questions is yes, then you should ask your doctor before taken them.

1. Are you pregnant or breastfeeding?

2. Do you suffer from heart, liver or kidney problems?

3. Are you or have you been allergic to Paracetamol or any of its ingredients?

4. Do you suffer from or have you ever suffered from stomach problems such as ulcers?

5. Are you taken any other medicine - particularly Aspirin, Ibuprofen or other anti- inflammatory painkillers or anticoagulants?

Taking your medicine:

Follow the instructions on the label about how to take your medicine.

Dose: adults and children over 12 years: 1 to 2 tablets to be taken orally with water every 4 hours to a maximum of 8 tablets in 24 hours.

Children 6 to 12 years: 1/2 to 1 tablet every 4 hours. The dose should not be given more frequently then every four hours and not more than four times in any 24 hour period. Do not give to children under 6 years of age except on the advice of a doctor.

Warning: do not exceed the stated dose.

2. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What kind of medicine is Paracetamol? 2. What is it used for? 3. What other symptoms can Paracetamol relieve? 4. What is the dose for adults and children over 12 years? 5. What is the dose for children 6 to 12 years?