Basic English for Communication

At the Drugstore

Can you prepare this prescription?

Give me something against a cold

Do you have something for a

toothache?

I need something to kill my

headache.

I’ve got a bad cold and a sore throat. Can you give me

something for it?

Does it have any inside effects?

How do I take this medicine?

This cream should help.

I’m going to write you a prescription

I’ll prescribe some sleeping

pills for you

This medicine will relieve your pain

This medicine is for external use only

This gargle will relieve your sore throat

I need to have this prescription filled

Do you have a prescription,

sir?

Try these tables. Take

2 every 3 hours

Not to be taken more than four times within a 24 hour

period.

Do not eat for half an hour before or after taking this medicine

One tablet each time, three times

daily

How many tablets do I have to take each time?

Take it before going to bed

Take before eating

This medication should be taken with

meals

The instructions on it tell you how to take it. Make sure you read them carefully

Please take the medicine according to the instruction

Take it in the morning: two

teaspoons a day

Are you allergic to any medication?

Do not operate heavy machinery while taking

this medication

Do not drive after taking this medication