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(2019·湖北四市七校联考)
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 planning to become pregnant. It is not known if TECFIDERA will harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TECFIDERA, talk to your doctor about joining in the TECFIDERA Pregnancy Registry. You can join in this registry by calling 1－866－810－1462. The purpose of this registry is to monitor the health of you and your baby.
•breastfeeding (母乳喂养) or planning 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 120mg capsule taken by mouth 2 times a day for 7 days.
•The recommended dose after 7 days is one 240mg 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 TECFIDERA 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 decreases 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 medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at 1－800－FDA－1088.
语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文，主要向人们介绍了处方药TECFIDERA的适宜人群和注意事项。
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．expecting a baby D．breastfeeding
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据语境可知，文中没有具体提到90岁以上的人需要在服用TECFIDERA之前告诉医生，所以选B项。
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.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据“How should I take TECFIDERA”部分中的“Swallow TECFIDERA whole. Do not press, chew, or put capsule contents in food”可知，药要整个吞服下去。不要挤压、咀嚼或者和食物混吃。因此选项A“在服药时无论如何不能把胶囊打开来服用”是正确的。所以选A。
3．If you suffer from TECFIDERA, you may ________.
A．have some eye problems
B．report your doctor for prescribing the wrong medicine
C．have a high white blood cell count
D．contact FDA
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据“What are the possible side effects of TECFIDERA”部分末段的“Call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms ... You may report side effects to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at 1－800－FDA－1088”可知，当你服用TECFIDERA出现副作用时，你应该给医生打电话，你还可以联系FDA，故D项正确。
