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【题目】TECFIDERA

What is TECFIDERA?

●TECFIDERA is a prescription(处方) medicine used to treat people with multiple sclerosis, a serious illness that gradually destroys your nerves, making you weak and unable to walk.

●It is not known if TECFIDERA is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age.

Before taking and while you take TECFIDERA, tell your doctor if you have or have had low white blood cell counts or any other medical conditions.

Tell your doctor if you are:

●pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TECFIDNRA will harm your unborn baby.

▼If you become pregnant while taking TECFIDNRA, talk to your doctor about joining in the TECFIDNRA Pregnancy registry. You can join in this registry by calling 1-800-456-2255. The purpose of this registry is to monitor the health of you and your baby.

●breastfeeding(母乳喂养)or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if TECFIDERA passes into your breast milk. You and your doctor should decide if you will take TECFIDERA or breastfeed.

How should I take TECFIDERA?

●Take TECFIDERA exactly as your doctor tells you to take it.

●The recommended starting dose (剂量)is one 120 nag capsule taken by mouth 2 times a day for 7 days.

●The recommended dose after 7 days is one 240 mg capsule taken by mouth 2 times a day

●TECFIDERA can be taken with or without food

●Swallow TECFIDERA whole. Do not press, chew, or put capsule contents in food.

●Protect TECFIDER from light. You can do this by storing the capsules in their original container. Throw away opened TECFIDERA after 90 days.

What are the possible side effects of TECFIDERA?

TECFIDERA may cause serious side effects including decrease in your white blood cell count, sickness, redness, stomach pain and so on.

Redness and stomach problems are the most common reactions, especially at the start of the treatment, but they should decrease over time. Call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms and they bother you or do not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of TECFIDERA.

Call your doctor for medicine advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) at 1-800-FDA-1088.

【1】Before taking TECFIDERA, you do NOT have to tell your doctor if you are ________.

A. under 18 years old

B. above 90 years old

C. having a baby

D. breastfeeding

【2】Which of the following is the correct way of taking TECFIDERA?

A. Never dividing the capsule by any means while taking it

B. Increasing the dose by 2 times every 7 days

C. Taking it exactly as the instructions show

D. Never taking it on an empty stomach

【3】If you suffer side effects from TECFIDERA, you may ________.

A. report your doctor for prescribing the wrong medicine

B. make a phone call at 1-800-FDA-1088

C. have a high white blood cell count

D. have some eye problems

Answer 1

【答案】above 90 years old B. above 90 years old

【解析】试题分析：本文是一种非处方药物——TECFIDERA的说明书。说明了这种药物治疗的疾病，服用剂量、副作用以及服用此药物前需要注意的地方。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一部分What is TECFIDERA?提到的It is not known if TECFIDERA is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age.和第二部分Tell your doctor if you are:提到的If you become pregnant while taking TECFIDNRA, talk to your doctor about joining in the TECFIDNRA Pregnancy registry.以及breastfeeding(母乳喂养)or plan to breastfeed. It is not know if TECFIDERA passes into your breast milk.可知，十八岁以下的人，怀孕的人以及哺乳的人服用这种药物以前要咨询医生，不包括90岁以上的人。故选B。

【2】推理判断题。根据How should I take TECFIDERA?部分提到的●Swallow TECFIDERA whole. Do not press, chew, or put capsule contents in food.可知，整个吞下胶囊，不要挤压、嚼碎或者把胶囊中的东西放在食物里，因此推断绝不要用任何方式分开这个胶囊。故选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章最后一句You may report side effects to the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) at 1-800-FDA-1088.可知，如果服用TECFIDERA产生了副作用，你可以打电话给1-800-FDA-1088。故选B。