Unit 3 Drug names, standards and references.

p.12, ex. 4

1. public property; 2. complicated; 3. private property, competitor; 4. to capitalize; 5. Food and Drug Administration, a legal responsibility for; 6. superscript.

p.13, ex 5.

1.the reason; illegal drugs; 2. regulating; supervising; 3. manufacturer; 4. prescription; 5. antiretroviral; to meet; 6. enforced; the administration.

p.13, ex.6.

- chemical formula,

- for legal and scientific purposes,

- individual manufacturer,

- to order a prescription,

- legal responsibility,

- definite standards,

- available in pure form,

- to give an important information about a drug,

- full description, recommended dosage,

- to meet the standards.

p.13, ex.7.

1. The Physicians Desk Reference contains important information about main characteristics of drugs and it is published monthly.

2. This center is a branch of the FDA that regulates drug manufacturing.

3. There is only one generic name for each drug.

4. Recently, a very famous pharmaceutical company has published the most complete and up-to-date drug reference.

5. Your GP will administer you a proper treatment and tell you at what chemist`s you will be able to order the drug on the prescription.

6. This strong effective drug is produced by many manufacturers but sold only at certain chemists`.

7. Every manufacturer producing a drug must remember that it must meet two principal standards: be clinically useful and available in pure form.

p.14, ex. 8

1. The chemical name is the chemical formula for the drug.

2. There is only one generic name for each drug.

3. Most drugs have several brand names because each manufacturer producing the drug gives it a different name.

4. The typical written standards are the following: a brand name often has the superscript after or before the name and it is a common practice to capitalize the first letter of a brand name.

5. Definite standards for drugs are set by an independent committee of physicians, pharmacologists, pharmacists and manufacturers.

6. The letters USP and NF after a drug indicate that the manufacturer claims his product conforms to USP or NF standards.

7. Not all drugs are listed in PDR because manufacturers pay to have their products listed there.

p. 14, ex. 1

1. demonstrating, 2. testing; 3. meeting; 4. preventing; 5. prescribing; 6. taking; 7. avoiding.

p. 14, ex. 2

1. dissolving; 2. producing; 3. thinking, saying; 4. healing; 5. causing; 6. ensuring.

p. 14. ex. 3

1. aiding; 2. having; 3. stealing; 4. smuggling; 5. possessing; 6. smoking; 7. using.

p. 15. ex.5

1. Sale of illegal drugs is a growing problem in the USA.

2. Many people think that a drug addict can stop taking drugs at any moment.

3. Prescribing a medicine the physician must know the exact diagnosis.

4. No wonder that a lot of pharmaceutical companies, producing drugs, gain huge profits during epidemics.

5. Never start or stop taking drugs without informing your GP.

6. Not knowing how the medicine acts on the human body the physician has no right to prescribe it to the patient.

7. This drug can be effective only after inserting it intramuscular.

p. 15. ex. 6.

1. In the rapidly developing countries the top pharmaceutical companies produce 5 new drugs annually.

2. The people searching for the best remedy for their disease, may find it in the national drug reference.

3. For finding the better treatment you must consult your physician.

4. Being in hospital I learnt a lot about my disease.

5. The doctors all over the world are trying to find a way of treating some rare types of cancer.

6. The teacher who was delivering the lecture on manufacturing of sodium and potassium compounds told the students about the way of using them in pharmacy.

p.16. ex.3.

- reduce pain;

- make life bearable;

- gain great benefit from;

- in the wrong amounts;

- cause health problems;

- become dependent on drug;

- give up habit;

- be common among young people;

- volatile substance;

p. 17, ex. 5

1. Medicines are used to fight infections and illness; they reduce pain, and for many people they make life bearable.

2. Medicines are either prescribed for us by a doctor or bought at the chemist`s.

3. Yes, they are. They can be dangerous if taken in the wrong amounts, or when there is no medical reason.

4. Tea, coffee, cocoa and coca cola contain a drug. It is called caffeine.