Download - Medications vocab
MedicationsMedications, side effects, vocabulary
Pharmacy, Drugstore and Chemist’s
• In NZ, Australia and the UK the term Chemist used to refer to pharmacies and pharmacists.
• In Britain, a chemist's or chemist is a shop where you can buy medicine, cosmetics, and some household items.
• In the United States, a shop where you can buy medicine and cosmetics is called a drugstore. In some drugstores, you can also buy simple meals and snacks.
• A pharmacy is the place within a chemist's or drugstore, or within a supermarket or other business, where you can get prescription drugs.
Medications
• Names: medicine, medicines, medications, drugs, pills, tablets, syrups, creams, sprays
• Medications help sick people feel better.
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• What do we need first before we can get medication?
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• What do we need first before we can get medication?
Prescription (the paper that says what medication to buy)
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• Who gives us the prescription?
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• Who gives us the prescription?
Doctor
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• Where do we take the prescription?
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• Where do we take the prescription?
Pharmacy (the place where you buy medicines)
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• Who gives us the medicine at the pharmacy?
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• Who gives us the medicine at the pharmacy?
Pharmacist (the person who works with medicine at a pharmacy)
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• A doctor gives us a prescription• We take the prescription to a pharmacy• The pharmacist fills the prescription (this
means gives the patient medicine)
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Important vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:
PrescriptionPharmacyPharmacistDose/dosageSide effectsRefill
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Important vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the
name of medicinePharmacyPharmacistDose/dosageSide effectsRefill
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Important vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the
name of medicinePharmacy – the place where you get medicationPharmacistDose/dosageSide effectsRefill
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Important vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of
medicinePharmacy – the place where you get medicationPharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and
gives you medicineDose/dosageSide effectsRefill
MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name
of medicinePharmacy – the place where you get medicationPharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and
gives you medicineDose/dosage – how much medicine you should take
and whenSide effects Refill
MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name
of medicinePharmacy – the place where you get medicationPharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and
gives you medicineDose/dosage – how much medicine you should take and
whenSide effects – the bad problems that happen when you
take medicineRefill
MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of
medicinePharmacy – the place where you get medicationPharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and gives
you medicineDose/dosage – how much medicine you should take and
whenSide effects – the bad problems that happen when you take
medicineRefill – to get more medicine because you finished all the pills
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The doctor gave me a _________ for a new drug today.
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The doctor gave me a prescription for a new drug today.
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The _________ for this medication is one pill every five hours.
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The dose/dosage for this medication is one pill every five hours.
(Remember: overdose is the emergency that means a person took too much medication. Over means too much, dose means how much and when to take medicine.)
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One ________________ of this medication is nausea.
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One side effect of this medication is nausea.
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The pharmacist __________ my prescription.
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The pharmacist fills my prescription.
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I take my prescription to the _________ to get it filled.
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I take my prescription to the pharmacy to get it filled.
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I finished my medication, so I need a __________.
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I finished my medication, so I need a refill.
(We can also say “refill” when we want more to drink at breakfast, lunch and dinner. “I want a refill of tea. Please refill my tea.”)
Types of Medications
Over the Counter (OTC)
Over the counter medicine means you don’t need a prescription to use it.
What types of sicknesses can use OTC medicines?
Over the Counter (OTC) Medication• Common cold, • sore throat, • cough, • nausea, • fever, • diarrhea, • constipation, • itching,
• headache,• toothache, • stomach upset
(antacids and acid reducers)
• skin damage from sun (sunscreens),
• dandruff shampoo, • toothpaste,
Prescription Only Medication (POM)
• Prescription Only Medication (POM), which are legally available only with a valid prescription issued by a GP or another suitably qualified healthcare professional.
• For ex: antibiotics, blood pressure blood medications, opioid painkillers, contraception: Combined Hormonal Contraceptives.
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What are some side effects to medications?
Talk to your partner and think of as many side effects as you can.
MedicationsMedicationsCommon side effects:
Dizziness
Nausea
Vomiting
Headache
Drowsiness
Dry mouth
Skin rash
Blood pressure change
Hair growth, hair loss
Serious side effects:Stroke
Heart attack
Depression
Internal bleeding
Suicidal thoughts
Death
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More vocabulary about medicine:
Cure, heal, fix
Label
Directions
Warnings
Generic
Ingredients
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More vocabulary about medicine:
Cure, heal, fix – make a patient better, not sick anymore
Label
Directions
Warnings
Generic
Ingredients
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More vocabulary about medicine:
Cure, heal, fix – make a patient better, not sick anymore
Label – the paper on the medicine that talks about information
Directions
Warnings
Generic
Ingredients
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More vocabulary about medicine:
Cure, heal, fix – make a patient better, not sick anymore
Label – the paper on the medicine that talks about information
Directions – the part of the label that tells the dose
Warnings
Generic
Ingredients
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More vocabulary about medicine:
Cure, heal, fix – make a patient better, not sick anymore
Label – the paper on the medicine that talks about information
Directions – the part of the label that tells the dose
Warnings – the part of the label that talks about side effects and bad things
Generic
Ingredients
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More vocabulary about medicine:Cure, heal, fix – make a patient better, not sick
anymoreLabel – the paper on the medicine that talks about
informationDirections – the part of the label that tells the doseWarnings – the part of the label that talks about side
effects and bad thingsGeneric – the cheap kind of medicineIngredients
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More vocabulary about medicine:Cure, heal, fix – make a patient better, not sick
anymoreLabel – the paper on the medicine that talks about
informationDirections – the part of the label that tells the doseWarnings – the part of the label that talks about side
effects and bad thingsGeneric – the cheap kind of medicineIngredients – many things that make one medicine
MedicationsMy doctor gave me a new medication. I am reading the
________ to learn more about the medicine. I am looking for the dose, so I am reading the __________. I bought the ________ medicine and not the expensive one. One __________ for this medication is that I should not drive a car when I take it. It will be bad and dangerous for me. I hope this medicine _______ me because I don’t want to be sick anymore!
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My doctor gave me a new medication. I am reading the label to learn more about the medicine. I am looking for the dose, so I am reading the __________. I bought the ________ medicine and not the expensive one. One __________ for this medication is that I should not drive a car when I take it. It will be bad and dangerous for me. I hope this medicine _______ me because I don’t want to be sick anymore!
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My doctor gave me a new medication. I am reading the label to learn more about the medicine. I am looking for the dose, so I am reading the directions. I bought the ________ medicine and not the expensive one. One __________ for this medication is that I should not drive a car when I take it. It will be bad and dangerous for me. I hope this medicine _______ me because I don’t want to be sick anymore!
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My doctor gave me a new medication. I am reading the label to learn more about the medicine. I am looking for the dose, so I am reading the directions. I bought the generic medicine and not the expensive one. One __________ for this medication is that I should not drive a car when I take it. It will be bad and dangerous for me. I hope this medicine _______ me because I don’t want to be sick anymore!
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My doctor gave me a new medication. I am reading the label to learn more about the medicine. I am looking for the dose, so I am reading the directions. I bought the generic medicine and not the expensive one. One warning for this medication is that I should not drive a car when I take it. It will be bad and dangerous for me. I hope this medicine _______ me because I don’t want to be sick anymore!
MedicationsMy doctor gave me a new medication. I am reading the
label to learn more about the medicine. I am looking for the dose, so I am reading the directions. I bought the generic medicine and not the expensive one. One warning for this medication is that I should not drive a car when I take it. It will be bad and dangerous for me. I hope this medicine cures me because I don’t want to be sick anymore!
Relief – this means to feel better
Non-drowsy – will not make you tired
What are the different parts of this label?
What is the dose for adults?
1 tablet daily; not more than 1 tablet in 24 hours
Drug Facts
• The Active ingredient/ Purpose section tells you about the part of your medicine that makes it work – its name, what it does, and how much is in each pill or teaspoon (5 mL).
• The Uses section tells you the problems the medicine will treat.
Drug Facts
The Warnings section tells you: • when you should talk to your doctor first • how the medicine might make you feel• when you should stop using the medicine• when you shouldn’t use the medicine • things you shouldn’t do while using the
medicine
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The Warnings section also tells you:
• to check with a doctor before using medicine if you are pregnant or breastfeeding • to keep medicines away from children
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The Directions section tells you how to safely use the medicine:
• how much to use • how to use it • how often to use it (how many times per day /
how many hours apart) • how long you can use it
Drug Facts• The Other Information section tells you how
to keep your medicine when you aren’t using it.
• The Inactive Ingredients section tells you any part of the medicine that aren’t active ingredients.
• Inactive ingredients help form a pill, add color, or help the medicine last longer.
• http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/UCM201466.pdf
Video
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