Lesson 1. Medicinal Forms

Drug Therapy.

New words:

Pharmacy, chemist’s (shop) - аптека

Drug, medicine, medicinal remedy – лекарство, лекарственное средство

Preparation - препарат

To prepare – приготавливать

To dispense – отпускать, фасовать

Prescription – рецепт

To sign – подписать

Powder - порошок

Tablet - таблетка

Pill – пилюля

Ointment – мазь

Liniment - линимент

Suppository - суппозиторий

Ampoule - ампула

Solution - раствор

Mixture - микстура

Infusion = extract - настой

Decoction - отвар

Drops - капли

Tincture - настойка

Tablespoonful, teaspoonful – столовая ложка, чайная ложка

Pain killer = pain reliever – болеутоляющее средство

Laxative, purgative - слабительное

Hypnotic = sleeping pill – снотворное

Sedative - седативное

Tonic – тонизирующее

Anti-inflammatory - противовоспалительное

Poison – яд, poisonous - ядовитый

Action of a drug = drug effect - действие лекарства

Adverse effect of a drug – побочное действие лекарства

Drug dose = dose of a drug – доза лекарства

For internal/ external use – для внутреннего/ наружного применения

Indications – contraindications for intake of a drug – показания /противопоказания к применению лекарства

To shake - встряхивать

To rub - втирать

To take a drug - принимать лекарство

To keep (kept, kept) - хранить

Before meals – after meals – перед едой – после еды

Antifever - жаропонижающее

Ex.1 Read and translate:

To take a drug before meals; to take drugs orally; to take a drug a tablespoonful once a day; to take the medication a teaspoonful three times a day; to take a drug after meals; to shake the bottle with the mixture before use; medicinal form; to rub the ointment into the skin; to rub the liniment; to prescribe a drug; to administer sleeping pills; to administer a tonic; to tolerate the hypnotic badly; to tolerate the sleeping pills well; to use a medicine locally; large dose of the drug; initial dose of the medicine; low dose; tolerance dose; the use of the drug is contraindicated; the medication has contraindications; to keep drugs in a cold place; to keep medications in a dark place; heart drops; eye drops; nasal drops; dose for the course of treatment; to take a drug on an empty stomach; rate of administering a drug; adult prescription; infant prescription; prescription department of the pharmacy; to dispense drugs; antituberculous remedy; adverse effect of the sedative.

Ex.2 Read and translate:

1. Don’t take drugs without a doctor’s advice. 2. Are you sensitive to Novocain? 3. This drug reduces blood pressure (relieves toothache, unblocks the nose). 4. I’ll prescribe suprastin for you. 5. Has the drug done you good? 6. What drug are you taking? 7. Go on taking the same drug. 8. The dose to be taken is indicated in the prescription. 9. Keep the drug in a cool place. 10. Shake the decoction before use. 11. Cover the skin with this ointment. 12. I’ll prescribe you something to bring your temperature down. 13. Take this drug a teaspoonful twice a day before meals. 14. Take these tablets one every three hours. 15. Take the drug with milk. 16. Have you had any unusual reaction to any drug? 17. Are you allergic to any drugs?

Ex.3 Read the text and answer the questions:

What was the matter with the patient? What medicine and in what doses was administered? How did he take the drugs? How did the drugs act?

Last year my father was ill with angina pectoris (стенокардия). He suffered from constant attacks of chest pain. The cardiologist prescribed him an adequate treatment. To relieve a sharp pain in very severe attacks my father was given the injections of 1% omnopon solution. It was given in combination with 0.5 ml of 0.1% atropine solution. If the attacks were mild or moderate he took nitroglycerin in a dose of three drops. Nitroglycerin was dropped on some sugar which my father put under the tongue. My father said that nitroglycerin relieved the pain immediately and a moderate attack or a mild one was controlled within 3 or 5 minutes. The cardiologist explained that nitroglycerin relieved the spasm of coronary arteries which caused chest pain.

Ex.4 Read and tell in Russian the following information:

Visine (tetryzoline hydrochloride 0,05%)