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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NXqTqZLl90

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Watch this video for practice using medical vocabulary.

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