本項中最常用的英語表示法是Contraindications,也有用Restrictions on Use(用藥限制)的。
一、本項中涉及到禁用(或慎用)某些藥物的患者或某種特殊情況,例如:
1、孕婦、妊娠期或哺乳期,幼童等:
pregnant woman 孕婦
lactation 哺乳期
in pregnancy 妊娠期
children under …years of age …歲以下兒童
the first trimester (3 months) of pregnancy 妊娠期的最初三個月
2、患有某些疾病或過敏的患者,如:
allergic (hypersensitive) to… 對…過敏的
allergic (anaphylactic) reaction 過敏反應
allergy (hypersensitivity) to… 對…過敏
patients with… (who…) 患有…的患者
二、本項中常出現一些疾病名稱,例如:
cardiac failure 心力衰竭
hypertension 高血壓
cardiac (renal) insufficiency 心(腎)功能不全
severe hypotension 嚴重低血壓
impairment of kidney (renal function) 腎功能損傷
diabetes 糖尿病
liver (hepatic) damage 肝損傷
severe anemia 嚴重貧血
三、常見句型
1) 省略句型,只列出禁忌對象或疾病名稱等。
例1. Pregnacy, allergy to methotrexate, functional disorders of liver and kidneys, diseases of the haematopoietic system (bone marrow hypoplasia, leucopenia, thrombocy - to penia, anaemia), intectious diseases, ulcers of the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract, recent operation wounds.
孕期,對氨甲葉酸過敏,肝、腎功能障礙,造血系統疾病(骨髓機能減退、白細胞及血小板減少、貧血),傳染病,口腔及胃潰瘍,近期術后傷口等忌用。
例2. Hypersensitivity to quinoiones, severerenal insufficiency.
對喹喏酮類過敏,嚴重腎功能不全。
2) 完整的句子或段落。其中常用的結構有:
contraindications are… 禁忌癥是…
be contraindicated in (for) … 對…禁忌
should not be used (employed) in … 不得用于…
It is advisable to avoid the use of … 建議不用于…
must not be administered (given) to… 對…不得用藥
should be used with caution 慎用
be not recommended for… 最好不用于…
none reported 未見報道
not known 不清楚
還可能有一些其他的結構。
例3. Cefazolin sodium is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to cephalosporin group of antibiotics.
先鋒5號禁用于已知對頭孢菌素類抗生素過敏的患者。
例4. It is advisable to avoid the use of Aramine with cyclo-propane or halothane anesthesia, unless clinical circumstances demand such use.
如果不是臨床需要,建議本品不要與環丙烷或氟溴氯乙烷麻醉劑合用。
例5. Do not take Benemid if prior administration resulted in hypersensitivity Benemid is not recommended for persons with known disorders of the blood or uric acid kidney stones. Do not give Benemid to children under two years of age.
若以前使用丙磺舒曾引起過敏反應,則應禁用。已知有血液疾患及尿酸性腎結石的患者建議不要使用本品,二歲以下兒童不得服用。
例6. Phenothiazine compounds should not be used in patients receiving large doses of hypnotics, and should be used, with caution in patients with a history of convulssive disorders, since grand mal convulsions have been known to occur.
接受大劑量安眠藥的患者不應使用吩噻嗪化合物,對有驚厥病史的患者應慎用,因為已知有發生過癲癇大發作。
例7. Ursosan should not be given to patients suffering from fulminant hepatitis and bile duct obstruction.
暴發性肝炎及膽管阻塞患者禁用熊去氧膽酸。
例8. This product is contraindicated in those patients who have shown hypersensitivity to it unless, in the opinion of the physician, the condition requiring treatment is life threatening and amenable only to amphotericin B therapy.
除非根據醫生的意見,認為需要治療的患者的病情危及生命,并且只有兩性霉素B治療才可能使其有所改善之外,對本品過敏的患者禁用本品。
例9. Children under 5 years of age should not be treated with Antistine.
5歲以下兒童禁用敵胺。
例10. The use of Alexan in nursing mothers is not recommended.
哺乳期婦女最好不用愛力生。
例11. Pregnancy: Coumadin is contraindicated in women who are or may become pregnat because the drug basses through the placental barrier and may cause fatal hemorrhage to the felus in utero.
妊娠期禁用:香豆定禁用于孕婦,或可能已懷孕的婦女,因為本品可能穿過胎盤屏障,引起子宮內胚胎致命的出血。
四、在 Restrictions on use 的項目中有時還有小標題
Contraindications 禁忌癥
Precautions (Note) 注意事項
Warning 警告
Pregnancy and Lactation 妊娠與哺乳