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medicine	['medsIn]	ліки, медикаменти
drug	[drAg]	ліки, лікарський препарат
administration	[qdmInIs'treISn]	призначення
signature	['signqCq]	сігнатура
to confuse	[kqn'fju:z]	плутати (щ-н)
remedy	['remqdi]	pp засіб
poisonous	['pOIznqs]	отруйний
intravenous	[intrq'vi:nqs]	внутрішньовенний
intramuscular	[intrq'mAskjulq]	внутрішньом’язевий
overdosage	['quvq'dqusiG]	передозування
sedative	['sedqtiv]	заспокійливий засіб
laxative	['lxksqtiv]	проносний засіб
dropper	['drOpq']	крапельниця, піпеткаак
injection	[in'GFkSn]	ін’єкція
ampule	['xmpu:l]	ампула
iodine	['aIqdaIn]	йод
to order	['O:dq]	зза замовляти (ліки)
pill	[pIl]	піг пігулка
headache	['hedeIk]	го головний біль

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Ф As you know on *receiving a prescription from a doctor or on following a home

treatment all of us need medicines which are ordered or bought at a chemist’s.

There are usually two departments in the chemist’s. At the *chemist’s department

one can have the medicine immediately (right away), other drugs have to be ordered at

the *prescription department.

At any chemist’s all the drugs are kept in *drug cabinets. Every small bottle, a tube or

a box of medicine has a label with the name of the medicine and its indication stuck on it. There are labels of four colours: green labels indicate drugs for internal use, yellow

ones indicate drugs for external use and blue ones indicate drugs for injection. Drugs used for treatment of eye diseases have labels of a pink colour. The dose to be taken and the directions for the administration are also indicated on a label. *As a rule the directions for the administration of a drug are written on the signature. It is well known that chemists, doctors, *as well as patients themselves must not confuse different remedies, because some of them are poisonous and their overdosage may cause bad (unfavourable) reaction, sometimes even death.

In the *drug cabinets one can see small parcels of different powders , ampules of drugs

used for intravenous and intramuscular injections. There are tubes of *healing ointments,

different pills, sedative and tonics, as vitamins and *sleeping draughts. Here you can find

different laxative drugs, tablets for headache, bottles of iodine and others. At the

chemist’s shop one can buy *hot water bottles, medicine droppers and many other things

which are necessary for *medical care.

Notes:

* at the chemist’s shop – ['kemists SOp] в аптеці

* to receive a prescription – [ri'si:v ] отримувати рецепт

* chemist’s department – відділ ручного продажу ліків

* prescription department – [pri'skripSqn] рецептурний відділ

* as well as – а також

* healing ointment – ['hi:lIN 'oIntmqnt] лікувальна мазь

* sleeping draught – ['sli:piN 'dra:ft] снодійне

* hot water bottle - грілка

* medical care – медичний догляд

* drug cabinet – шафа для ліків

* as a rule – як правило

Questions about the text:

1. Where can we buy medicines?

2. How many departments are there in the Chemist’s Shop?

3. At what departments can you order drugs?

4. Where are all drugs kept?

5. What is stuck on every bottle and box containing some drugs?

6. What labels are stuck to indicate drugs for internal use?

7. What drugs have yellow labels stuck on?

8. What is usually written on a signature or a label, which is stuck on a bottle?

9. Why is the dose to be taken indicated on the label?

10. What kind of medicines can we buy at the Chemist’s Shop?

Summary

There are many chemist’s shops in our town. Some of them are state, others are

private. A state chemist’s shop has two departments: the chemist’s department and the

prescription department. At the chemist’s department we can have medicines

immediately. At the prescription department you can order some drugs. All drugs are

kept in drug cabinets. Every box or a bottle of medicine has a label with its name.

There are labels of four colours: green, yellow, pink and blue. Green labels indicate drugs for internal use. Yellow labels indicate drugs for external use. Blue labels indicate drugs for injections. Drugs used for treatment of eye diseases have labels of a pink colour.

At the chemist’s shop we can buy everything necessary for medical care.

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