MedicationsMedications, side effects, vocabulary

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)

Medications A doctor gives us a prescription

We take the prescription to a pharmacy

The pharmacist fills the prescription (this means gives the patient medicine)

MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:

Prescription

Pharmacy

Pharmacist

Dose/dosage

Side effects

Refill

MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:

Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of medicine

Pharmacy

Pharmacist

Dose/dosage

Side effects

Refill

MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:

Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of medicine

Pharmacy – the place where you get medication

Pharmacist

Dose/dosage

Side effects

Refill

MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:

Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of medicine

Pharmacy – the place where you get medication

Pharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and gives you medicine

Dose/dosage

Side effects

Refill

MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:

Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of medicine

Pharmacy – the place where you get medication

Pharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and gives you medicine

Dose/dosage – how much medicine you should take and when

Side effects

Refill

MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:

Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of medicine

Pharmacy – the place where you get medication

Pharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and gives you medicine

Dose/dosage – how much medicine you should take and when

Side effects – the bad problems that happen when you take medicine

Refill

MedicationsImportant vocabulary for pharmacy and medications:

Prescription – the paper from the doctor with the name of medicine

Pharmacy – the place where you get medication

Pharmacist – the person who works at a pharmacy and gives you medicine

Dose/dosage – how much medicine you should take and when

Side effects – the bad problems that happen when you take medicine

Refill – 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.”)

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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?

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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.

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Common side effects:

Dizziness

Nausea

Vomiting

Headache

Drowsiness

Dry mouth

Skin rash

Blood pressure change

Hair growth, hair loss

Anxiety

Serious side effects:

Stroke

Heart attack

Depression

Blood clot

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

MedicationsMore 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

MedicationsMore 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

MedicationsMore 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

MedicationsMore 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 – the cheap kind of medicine

Ingredients

MedicationsMore 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 – the cheap kind of medicine

Ingredients – many things that make one medicine

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My 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!

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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 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

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

Watch this video for practice using medical vocabulary.

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