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WAC Assignment 2
Submitted by- Kanika

Submitted on- 14/10/2020

Submitted to- Anjali Ramnani

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1. Read the passage carefully.
I. India sells the largest number of branded drugs in the world, almost 60,000 in all.

By volume, India is ranked 4th and comprises 8 percent of the global pharmacy
market. This scenario becomes scary given that spurious and substandard drugs are
a thriving parallel industry in our country. “When manufacturers sell chalk as life-
saving drugs, such criminals should be given the death sentence,” says Dr. P.K.
Dave President of National Academy of Medical Sciences, Delhi and former
Director of AIIMS.
II. Self-medication with genuine drugs also has disastrous fallouts. “I’ve lost count of
how many patients come to us, when water crosses head level,” says Dr. Dave.
While Dr. Simran Nundy, consultant gastrointestinal surgeon at Delhi’s Sri Ganga
Ram Hospital, observes: “Patients come to me, after six months of taking antacids,
to find they’re not suffering from indigestion but cancer of the stomach or gastric
tract.” Most medical experts say pill name-dropping is common. But besides
superficial awareness patients know little about dosage, duration and more
importantly, side effects. In Calcutta, Dr. Krishnangshu Ray, head of pharmacology
at NRS Medical College and Hospital, agrees: “There’s a drug culture in our state
where people assume they know which drug to

take. This is a dangerous habit which accounts for at least 15 to 20 percent of

complicated cases.”
III. Besides, no drug, not even an over the counter (OTC) medicine is totally safe.
Aspirin on an empty stomach may lead to severe gastritis. Even paracetamol,
considered the safest painkiller, when taken in high doses or for prolonged periods,
can cause liver damage. Then there’s carelessness. Dr. Gupta observes: “People take
cough suppressant for a cough with sputum, which in fact requires an expectorant.
Or, they consume antibiotics without a doctor’s prescription for viral fever, allergic
cold, dry cough, flu or sore throat, which do not require any antibiotic.” Self-
medication of antibacterial drugs can be dangerous. Frequent treatment with
ciprofloxacin for undiagnosed-diarrhea is one of the most common reasons for
emergence of typhoid germs that are resistant to this drug.
IV. What makes us such willing pill-swallowers? Dr. Wishvas Rane, a Pune based
health activist, asserts: “Most viral conditions are self-limiting; 80 percent get cured
on their own. This pill-popping attitude is nurtured by pharmaceutical firms.” This
is particularly true in our unique pharma-sales culture where buying pills. Dr.
Ashish Sabherwal, Joint Secretary, Indian Medical Association in Delhi, points out:
“Patients just want momentary relief and aren’t willing to get to the root the
problem, so pills are eaten like peanuts.”
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V. Another reason for spiraling self-treatment is that general practitioners of GPs,
doctors who have shown the torch down our throats from our toothless babyhood to
our aiming adulthood, are gradually vanishing.
VI. In real life, we patients do not have a family friend and a philosopher; our GPs
know us by blood group, allergies, medical history and emotional upheavals.
Hesitant about dashing off to intimidating. ENT specialist when we have throat
trouble, we just check with the chemist. That could be a dose for disaster.

(A) Answer the following questions in 30-40 words:

(i) Why do people indulge in self-medication?
Ans- People indulge in self-medication because of these two reasons: Firstly, to get instant
momentary relief and to ignore the main cause. Secondly, to avoid the hesitating talk
about their disease with their general practitioners.

(ii) Why can self-medication have dangerous implications?

Ans- Self-medication have dangerous implication because sometime the medicines only
give momentary relief and hides the root cause of illness. Other reason is no proper dosage
and amount of medicine taken which can also lead to serious health issues.

(iii) What is the effect of an aspirin on our health when taken on an empty stomach?
Ans- Any medicine without proper prescription can be harmful. It may give momentary
relief, but it can also lead to various health issues. Similarly, as is aspirin is not taken
empty stomach then it may lead to severe gastritis.
(iv) What does the habit of taking paracetamol for prolonged periods and in
high dosage cause?
Ans- Paracetamol is considered as the safest painkiller. But the habit of taking it
for prolonged periods and in high dosages can cause liver damage. So, it is
required to take medicines according to the prescription only.
(B) Find a word in the passage which conveys similar meaning as the following:
(i) Fake (Para I) - Spurious
(ii) Most obvious/easily understood (Para II) – Genuine
(iii) A violent disturbance (Para VI) – Disaster
(iv) Result (Para II) - Fallout
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Fill in the correct form of the verb – All tenses

1. My family have bought (buy) some land in southern France recently. They
are building (build) a summer house there at the moment.

2. Andy and Mary will go (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They

were looking forward to (look forward to) it the whole week.

3. Jonathon watches (watch) the news on TV every day and it is helping

(help) him with his English.

4. My car broke (break) down when I was driving (drive) home

from work. I would have fixed (fix) it if I knew
(know) what was wrong. But I did not so had (have) to take it
to the garage.

5. When he founded (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He
already wrote (already write) his first computer programme six years
earlier.

6. An accident happened (happen) near my house last night. A car hit

(hit) a young man. He was riding (ride)
his bike when someone in front of him suddenly opened (open) a
car door. Many people have seen (see) the accident. The police have interrogated
(interrogate) them last night.

7. Mrs Smith said that one day she will retire (retire) from teaching. She said
that she will be spending (spend) her new free time learning about computers.

8. I did not sleep _ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone was listening
(listen) to music all night.

9. I saw (see) a film a week ago, but I did not enjoy (not enjoy)
it very much because I already read _ (already
read) the book. If I
Would have not read (not read) the book I have probably enjoyed _ (probably
enjoy) the film more.

10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he robbed (rob)
a bank.

11. They are standing (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager
told (tell) them that there were no more tickets.
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12. Alan has been (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver
lost (lose) control of his car because he felt (fall) asleep.

13. She has not seen (not see) her father since he started (start) to work
in Marseille two years ago.

14. I was sleeping (sleep) when the fire broke out.

15. Linda phoned and explained that she (not can) to come to the
party the next day because she (be) still sick.

16. I just saw (just see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – Have you seen
(you see) it too? – No, I have not (not
have) but I had read (read) the book.

17. My sister is flying (fly) home from London today. Her flight will arrive
(arrive) in an hour so I will be leaving
(leave) for the airport right now to get there in time.

18. Unless he would not sell (sell) more he won’t get much money.

19. While he is waiting (wait) for the bus there (be) a robbery
at the bank. After the robbers (go) away the police came
(come) but they (not can) to catch them.

20. I use (use) to ski when I was at the university but I broke
(break) a leg five years ago and since then I do not ski (not ski) any more.