EU4-23: Filling a prescription

Vocabulary

[PHARMACIST] Next, please.
[PAM] Hi. I'd like to fill a prescription.
[PHARMACIST] What's your last name?
[PAM] James. My first name is Pam. Does my insurance cover this?
[PHARMACIST] Yes, it does.
[PAM] Great.
[PHARMACIST] I'll be right back.
[PHARMACIST] Are you allergic to any other medications?
[PAM] Uh, no, I'm not.
[PHARMACIST] Okay. So this will help stop the diarrhea. The dosage is two tablets every six hours.
[PAM] Okay.
[PHARMACIST] It's better if you take it with some plain food, like rice or scrambled eggs. Nothing spicy.
[PAM] I understand.
[PHARMACIST] And this is for the nausea and the vomiting. Take two capsules twice a day for three days.
[PHARMACIST] I hope you feel better.

Key words

• insurance
• cover
• allergic to
• medications
• dosage
• tablets
• spicy
• capsules

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Grammar

1. Pharmacy vocabulary

医药和药物有许多词汇。了解这些词汇非常重要，这样你可以说和药剂师交流， 拿到自己需要的药物。形容获得precription的动作，使用动词fill。当你要去药房取药时使用动词pick up。

I’m going to the pharmacy.
He talked to the pharmacist.
She filled a prescription for her medication.

药剂师可能问你是否不能服用一些药物。注意形容词结构+to:

Are you allergic to any medications?

使用下列词汇谈论你的药物。在谈论在家用药时，使用medicine搭配动词take。 当你去药方时使用正式的词汇medication.

You forgot to take your medicine.
I’m here to pick up my medication.

药物有各种不同的形式。pill一词常用语指固定药物。 Capsules 和tablets是两种最常见的药物形状。服药的动作使用动词take。

I have to take three pills a day.
My medicine comes in tablets.
She takes four capsules a day.

由于处方药有时由保险支付或有折扣，你可能会问药剂师你的医疗计划是否支付某种药品。使用动词cover, 询问你要承担的费用。

Does my insurance cover this medication?

2. Reading prescription labels

药有不同形式。有如tablets或者capsules的固体药物， 或你用teaspoons服用的如syrups的液体药物。
你将在处方标签上找到你的施药信息。

Take four tablets, twice a day.
The medicine comes in capsules. Take two every day.
Take one teaspoon, after meals.

标签也会提醒你有关的side effects, 你服用药时遇到的难题。这会包括drowsiness或loss of appetite。

The side effect of this medicine is that it may cause drowsiness.
Side effects may include loss of appetite.

标签上也许会告诉你药的用量-maxmum dosage和谁suitable for 该药-成年人或是小孩。

Maximum dosage: four capsules per day.
Suitable for: adults and children over 12 years old.