key words
un médicament : a medicine/drug/medication
une gélule : a capsule
un comprimé : a tablet
une pastille : a troche/ lozenge
du sirop : syrup
gouttes : drops
suppositoire : suppository
pommade : ointment
spray : spray
nébuliseur : nebulizer
une bouffée : a puff
avaler : swallow
antalgiques : pain-killers/analgesics
anti-inflammatoires non stéroïdiens (AINS) : non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAI)
corticoïdes : corticoids
contraceptifs : contraceptives
un stérilet : an intra-uterine device (IUD)/a coil
antiémétiques : antiemetics
antiépileptiques : anticonvulsants
anti-tuberculeux : antituberculous agents
antidépresseurs : antidepressants
antipsychotiques : antipsychotics
anxiolytiques : tranquillisers/anxiolytics
insuline : insulin
antimitotiques : antimitotics
interactions : interactions
contre-indications : contraindications
essai clinique : clinical trial
une ordonnance : a prescription
médicaments en vente libre : over-the-counter medication (OTC)
médicaments sur ordonnance : prescription-only medication (PoM)
un générique : a generic
une femme enceinte : a pregnant woman
effet indésirable : adverse effect
effet secondaire : side-effect/ secondary effect
pharmacie : chemist’s/pharmacy
observance : compliance
respecter : comply with
la notice : the leaflet
la posologie : the dosage
efficace : efficient
guérir : cure
Child (Age if under 12 years old)
Address
NP Nb of days of treatment For use only by Pricing Bureau
mitte/send 100 (one hundred tabs)
Sig./Label 2 tablets, 6hrly for pain, p.c.
For use by Pharmacist
p.c. after meals après les repas
q.d.s. four time a day quatre fois par jour
s.c. subcutaneous sous-cutanée
s.l. sublingual sub-lingual
p.o. by mouth par voie orale
c.c. With meals pendant les repas
p.r.n. As required a la demande
i.v. intravenous intraveineux
infusn infusion infusion
Depression
Nausea
Convulsions
Pain
Anxiety
Allergy
Diabetes
Tachycardia
Heartburn
- Lipitor
- Advair
- Protoni
- Prevacid
- Plavix
- Enbrel
- Nexium
- Singulair
- Fosamax
- Effexor
1) What are the most prescribed drug-categories?
Merck removed one of the world's best-selling ____________(1) from the market in 2004 after a study showed Vioxx caused an increased risk of serious cardiovascular events, such as stroke and heart attack. Now, Merck faces thousands of lawsuits, and studies continue to deliver bad news about the drug.
________________ (2) expert Curt Furberg of Wake Forest University reviewed the new report. He says it shows short-term users of Vioxx were at greater risk of heart problems than previously described.
This point is worth billions of dollars to Merck. Thousands of patients, who suffered heart problems, are suing the_______________ (3) company. Many took Vioxx for less than 18 months.
As a protective measure, doctors are advising their elderly patients who had previously taken Vioxx, to regularly take a low-dose of aspirin, which is known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events and which can be bought in any ____________________ (4).
The ____________________ (5) (FDA) has issued supplemental request letters to sponsors of all _____________________(6) NSAID) requesting that they make labeling changes to their products. These letters include recommended proposed labeling for both the prescription and ______________________ (7) (OTC) NSAIDs and a medication guide for the entire class of prescription products.
If chronic use of an NSAID is selected for an individual patient, the lowest effective ______________(8) for the shortest ________________(9) consistent with individual patient _______________(10) goals should be used.
