A Visit of a Pharmaceutical Firm Representative
Representative: Doctor, I would like to show you some pharmaceuticals. May I ask for a few minutes of your attention, please?
Doctor. Certainly. I have finished examining my patients and we can go upstairs to our office.
R.: It's very kind of you. Aren't I bothering you too much?
D.: Not at all. What hypotensive drugs do you have?
R.: We have normatencil which is used in the treatment of hypertension. The preparation regulates the figures of pressure and spares the kidney of a hypertonic patient preventing vascular complications and aggravation of the disease. Such a vascular kidney protection is a real advantage of the drug.
D.: Can it be used in ambulatory practice?
R.: To be sure! The ambulatory treatment is easily controlled as the preparation is not diuretic and does not contain reserpin.
D.: So, what are the doses and how is it used?
R.: 12 tablets a day, 3 times a week or 20 days a month.
D.: And what about the contraindications?
R.: They are the same as in all hypotensive drugs.
D.: Leave me the signature, I will read it and call you tomorrow. Thank you for coming and good bye.
R.: Bye.
II. Work with a partner. Here are his answers. Ask him the questions.
Attending doctor: This patient is doing well with the treatment of heart failure but I want your idea on how to treat his hypertension.
Head of the department: ---------------------
A.: He is 53. Six years ago he consulted a physician because of morning headaches. Hypertension was found, and small doses of Phenobarbital were prescribed.
H: ---------------------
A.: No, there's no cardiovascular disease in the family. The heart failure has been corrected but the blood pressure stays round 180/110 mm Hg.
H: ---------------------
III. Speak on the following items:
- drugs which prevent blood clotting;
- drugs which are used to correct an abnormal heart rhythm;
- drugs which increase the amount of urine excreted by reducing the volume of blood and lowering heart pressure;
- drugs which increase the size of blood vessels by relaxing the muscles of the vessel walls.
Violation of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Lead-in
. Read the words, then match them with their prefixes from the list below:
a) secondary or less important sub-;
b) too much over-.
Overpopulation, sub-agent, overcook, sub-class, overweight, subdivision, over-anxious, sub-branch, overdose, sub-paragraph, overeat, sub-heading, overestimate, substructure, overgrowth, subsystem, overreact, sub-species, oversize, subtype, over-worried, sub-group.
. Learn the following words.
hollow ;
particle ;
tumor ;
lye ;
ulcer ;
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pernicious , ;
adjacent ;
sore - , ;
consumption ;
amebic .
. Guess the meaning of the following words.
Muscular, esophagus, secrete, enzyme, duodenum, neutralize, absorb, resistant, obstruct, iodine, cancer, anemia, atrophy, deficiency, erosion, associate
IV. Match the words with the definitions.
| 1. tumor | a. a mass of diseased cells in your body that have divided and increased too quickly |
| 2. hollow | b. a sore area on your skin or inside your body that may bleed or produce poisonous substances |
| 3. adjacent | c. very harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily |
| 4. ulcer | d. having an empty space inside |
| 5. particle | e. next to something |
| 6. consumption | f. a painful, often red, place on your body caused by a wound or infection |
| 7. lye | g. the amount of energy, oil, electricity etc. that is used |
| 8. pernicious | h. alkaline solution |
| 9. sore | i. a very small piece of something |
