Read the following information and translate it into Ukrainian. Give some examples of these drugs.
There are many drug classifications in the modern pharmacology. You are offered the most general one. According to it, drugs can be divided into such groups:
Neuropharmacological drugs - the drugs acting on the nervous system. This group can be divided into 2 subgroups: autonomic drugs and central nervous system drugs.
Antihistamines — the drugs blocking the action of histamine.
Cardiovascular drugs — can be divided into 3 groups: the drugs affecting the heart, blood pressure and blood clotting.
Gastrointestinal drugs - the drugs relieving disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
Antibiotics — drugs inhibiting microorganism growth.
Vitamins - drugs necessary for body functioning.
Match the words with their definitions.
| 1. anesthetics | a. mild purgative (promoting defecation) |
| 2. antacids | b. drugs producing the loss of sensation like cocaine, lidocaine |
| 3. antibiotic | c. central nervous system depressants causing sleep |
| 4. sedatives | d. drugs relieving loose bowel movements, like atropine |
| 5. antidiarrheals | e. drags decreasing function |
| 6. antinauseants | f. drugs relieving constipation |
| 7. depressants | g. drags inhibiting the growth of bacteria |
| 8. barbiturates | h. drags relieving nausea and vomiting |
| 9. purgatives | i. drugs neutralizing acids in the stomach |
| 10. laxatives | j. drags used to induce sleep, sedation |
12. Complete each sentence with a type of medicine.
a painkiller, a sedative, an anti-inflammatory, an inoculation, an antibiotic, an antihistamine, a stimulant, an antidepressant, a laxative, a supplement
1. ... kills bacteria and other microorganisms.
2. ... protects you against infectious diseases.
3. ... relieves pain.
4. ... reduces swelling.
5. ... encourages bowel movement.
6. ... provides a substance that the body lacks.
7. ... treats allergies.
8. ... increases activity in the body.
9. ... reduces feelings of extreme sadness.
10. ... makes you relaxed and sleepy.
IV. Speaking.
1. Fill in the missing words where necessary. Then, use the information to give advice to a person who is going to the country with children to have a rest and wants to take a first aid kit.
Things to have in your child medicine cabinet
A box... sterile gauze. Two rolls ... sterile bandage. A roll... adhesive plaster... 1 inch wide. You can make narrower strips ... cutting the end ... scissors and tearing.
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Ask your doctor to recommend... antiseptic. A package ... bicarbonate ... soda. A tube ... petroleum ... jelly. A bottle ... aspirin tablets ... babies. A bottle ... syrup ... ipecac ... cease vomiting ... a case ... serious poisoning.
A thermometer... children. A hot-water... bottle.
2. a) Complete the chart with the information of the previous text.
b) What things would you recommend to add?
c) Make the same chart for adults.
Child Medicine Cabinet
| Drugs | Equipment | Others |
3. Answer the following questions.
1. How many chemist's shops must be there in a capital, in a city, in a small town? Explain your point of view. What place must they be situated in?
2. What kinds of chemist's shops must be prevalent in a city: municipal, private or some other?
3. Should all the drugs be free? How much should an average drug cost? In what way can the problem of expensive drugs be solved?
4. Should drugs be sold without a prescription or should all drugs be sold by prescription only? Where is the borderline between necessary rules and stupid instructions?
5. What are the home rules of drug keeping? What rules would you recommend to people with small children?
6. Why will a doctor prescribe dangerous drug that will cause harm (some disorders, abortion, fetus disorders)?
4. Give as much information as you can about:
- the institutions of pharmacy;
- the labels of medicines;
- patient s warnings;
- filling completed prescriptions;
- therapeutic indices of medicines.
V. Vocabulary.
1. Read the words and their definitions, use them in your own examples.
to deliver — to carry something to a certain place;
e.g. Medicines are delivered every day (the delivery of medicines);
to dispense — to prepare and distribute medicines;
to supply — to furnish with something that is needed;
to rub — to spread with pressure, especially in order to be absorbed;
to be in charge of — to be in command of something, responsible for something;
e.g. I'm in charge of your group;
glassware — glass objects (bottles, tubes);
cabinet — a piece of furniture with shelf and doors used for storing things;
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herb — any of several kinds of plants which are used in medicine and cookery;
personnel — all the people employed by a company;
e.g. The company needs new personnel;
label — a piece of paper fixed to something used to identify it;
separately — existing or considered independently, individually.
2. Read thedefinitions of synonyms, discuss them.
| chemist’s | Dispensary — a place where medicines are dispensed, esp. in a hospital or a school. |
| Pharmacy (chemist's) — a shop or a part of a shop where medicines and medical goods are sold. | |
| Drugstore (AmE) — a pharmacy, esp. one which sells not only medicines, beauty products, films, etc., but also simple meals. | |
| pharmacist | Chemist—a person who owns or runs a chemist's shop. |
| Druggist (pharmacist) — a person skilled in preparing medicines. | |
| Apothecary (obsolete) — a person with a knowledge of chemistry who mixed and sold drugs. | |
| drug | Drug— medicine or material used for making medicines. |
| Medicine — a substance used for treating diseases, esp. a liquid which is drunk: a bottle ofmedicine. | |
| Medication (AmE) — a medical substance. |
VI. Reading.
Read and discuss the text.
AT THE PHARMACY
Pharmacy (chemist's shop) is a specialized shop where medicines are sold. Pharmacy is usually situated on the ground floor.
It has a hall for visitors, two departments for selling drugs, and proper working rooms. The department for reception of prescriptions and delivery of drugs is called a prescription department. The other one is called a chemist department. At the prescription department medicines are sold or made according to prescriptions. Here one can see medicines of all kinds: boxes and parcels of different powders, ampoules of glucose and camphor used for intramuscular and intravenous injections; tubes of ointments for rubbing; different pills and tablets for internal use; tonics and sedatives administered orally.
At the chemist department one may buy also different things for medical care and medicinal plants. At this department medicines are kept according to their therapeutic effect drugs for cough, cardiac medicines, drugs for headache. Disinfectants, herbs and things for medical care such as hot water bottles, medicine droppers, cups, thermometers are kept separately.
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The working rooms of a chemist's include rooms for washing, drying, and sterilization of glassware; an analytical laboratory; a room for storing medicines; a room for dispensing drugs and some others.
At the chemists all medicines are kept in drug cabinets, on the open shelves and in the refrigerator. Poisonous drugs are kept in the drug cabinet with the letter A. Strong effective drugs are kept in the drug cabinet having the letter B.
Every small bottle or box has a label with the name of the medicine. There are labels of four colours for the drugs prepared at the chemist's: labels of a green colour indicate medicines for internal use; blue labels indicate drugs used for injections. Drugs for external application have labels of a yellow colour. Drugs used for treatment of eyes diseases have labels of a pink colour.
The personnel of an average chemist's consists of a manager of the chemist's, a dispensing pharmacist who takes prescription and delivers drugs, a chemist controlling the prescription. The personnel includes also a chemist analyst who controls effectiveness of the drug prepared at the chemist's as well as that of manufactured drugs.
There is also a pharmacist who is in charge of the supply of necessary medicines.
VII. Post-Reading Activities
1. Check how well your partner understands the text At the Pharmacy by asking him/her the following questions.
Use: I think...
I suppose...
I know...
1. On what floor are chemist's shops usually situated?
2. How many departments are there at every chemist's shop?
3. What things can you buy at the chemist department?
4. What is mainly sold at the prescription department?
5. How many rooms does a chemist's consist of?
6. Where are different drugs kept at the chemist's?
7. What is the colour of labels on bottles with drugs for external use?
8. Can we buy things for medical care at the chemist's?
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9. What kinds of drags are there at the prescription department?
10.What can you say about the personnel of the chemist's?
11 .What does a manager of a chemist's do?
12.What does a dispensing pharmacist do?
13.What does a controller do?
14.What does a pharmacist of supply do?
2. Complete the dialogues disagreeing with your partner. Practise the dialogues.
Example:
A) l thought you said the drugs were for internal use.
B) No, quite the opposite, the drugs are for external use only.
1. A. Medicinal plants are usually stored in open shelves, aren't they? B. No, quite the opposite, they should be stored in...
2. A. You often use tranquillizers when you pass your exams, so I've heard. B. What? Who told you that, I do not...
3. A. So tell us about the new manager of our pharmacy. Good looking young man?
B. No, I'm afraid not, rather...
4. A. So, all drugs are sold without a prescription at the chemist's?
B. No, I'm afraid you're mistaken, a great amount of medicines are...
5. A. It's him who graduated from the school of Pharmacy?
B. No, apparently he's only...
3. Ask your partner which things from the matrix most typically go together. Underline any words that might be useful for describing a chemist's.
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