FINAL TEST ENGLISH I

D. MAYA SAVITRI, S.S. M.Si

Choose the best answer by circling it ( see the example)
Example
a. A medicine or drug changes how your body works or treats or prevents a diseases
or symptom
b. Only prescription drug which can prevent a diseases or symptom
1. a. Prescription can be bought at a pharmacy
b. over the counter medicine can be bought off the shelf in store aisles
2. a. Any medicine can cause harm if you use too much off the medicine or use it
incorrectly
b. Children should not use medicine only with permission from a parent or guardian
1. a. You may share your prescription medicine with someone else
b. Never use someone elses prescription medicine
2. a. When tobacco smoke is inhaled, it is carried to the blood by tar, a brown sticky
mixture
b . Smoking can also cause emphysema, a disease that makes it very difficult to
breathing
1. a. The effect of smokeless tobacco are runny nose, itchy, toothache
b. Breathing smoke from someone elses cigarette is known as environmental
tobacco smoke.
2. a. Nicotine is the powerful , addictive drug found in weeds
b. Environmental tobacco smoke can cause lung cancer in healthy smoker.
1. a. You should talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using a medicine
b. Phone number for question and comments are not on OTC labels
2. a. Marijuana is stored in fat tissue and can remain in the body for as long as a
month.
b. Marijuana is one of the most widely used legal drug
1. a. All of the prescription and OTC medicines are approved by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
b. Only the prescription are approved by Food and Drug Administration
2. a. Children should use medicine only with permission from a parent or guardian.
b. Adult should use medicine without permission from guardian

Answer these questions below ( see the example)

You must give two tablet qd. How many tablet should you give for 2 days?.....................
1. You must order medicine 20 ml t.i.d. How many ml of medicine will you need for
three days ?...............
2. You must give 1 gram of penicillin. The tablets are labeled 200 mg. how many tablet
must you give........................

1. A capsule contains 200 mg of a drug. How many gram of the drug are there in 10
capsules?.......................
2. You must give 5mg of a drug for every 1kg of a patients body weight. He weighs 65
kg. How many mg do you give?..........................
1. You must give 1 gram of Sulfasuxidine. The tablet are labeled 250mg. how many
tablets must you give?.........................
2. How many tablet must you give to the patient in one day , if you must give 20 mg of
Perednisolone t.d.s. it is available in 10 mg or 5 mg tablets. ..............................
1. You must give 0.5 gram of Aspirin. You have 2x250mg tablets and 10x50mg tablets.
Which do you give?....................
2. You must give 25 mg amoxicillin b.i.d. How many tablets must you give in two
days?.................
1. The tablets of Gentamicin are labeled 500 mg. how many tablets must you give for
1 gram of Gentamicin. ..................................
2. You must give one tablets q.i.d how many do you give in three days?.
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Put a T on the line if you think it is true or a F on the line if you think it is false
.. it is not necessary to follow the directions when using OTC medicine
. Prescription drugs require an exact order from a doctor or dentist
.. it is alright for Mary to take a medicine prescribed for her husband
..OTC drugs can only be found at a pharmacy
..it is safe to take OTC cough medicine by yourself
..OTC medicine should be stored in a safe, secure place out of reach of small children.
.even if you have a really bad headache, you should take more medicine than the
direction say.
.it is not important to read the labels before using OTC medicine
..it could be harmful to take several different medicines at the same time
all drugs have impossible side effect.

Using the sample label provided, answer the following question. See the
example

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What is the name of pharmacy?

What is the store number of pharmacy?
What is the prescription number?
What is the date that prescription filled?
What is the brand name of the drug?
For whom the drug were prescribed?
What is the strength of the medication?

-----------------------------8. How much is in the package?

9. What are the direction for taking the medicine?
10. what are the cautions of that prescription?
11.What is additional which is not written in prescription?
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