Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
1 masticada con la comida de medio día
English translation:
1 chewable tablet with midday meal
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Robert Forstag
Oct 2, 2009 17:19
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Spanish term
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1 masticada con la comida de medio día
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical: Cardiology
Prescription / Mexico
This is a handwritten prescription for Glucobay (Acarbose), a medication for diabetes.
My problem here is with "masticada." This word makes me think of chewing gum, but all of the web references I've found indicate that this medication is only available in tablet form.
I really need relevant references here.
Thanks.
My problem here is with "masticada." This word makes me think of chewing gum, but all of the web references I've found indicate that this medication is only available in tablet form.
I really need relevant references here.
Thanks.
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1 chewable tablet with midday meal
there are many medications in "tablet" form that are chewable, and it is clearly a medication that needs to be taken with food in the case of the diabetes
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Sergio Campo
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1 chewed with lunch
It just means you shouldn't swallow it whole...
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chewed/taken with the lunch-time meal
Robert, masticada is simply chewed (not necessarily like chewing gum).
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chewed with the first mouthful of food taken at midday
The instructions for this tablet state that you can take it with water, or better to chew it with your first mouthful of food. It's manufactured by Bayer.
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1 tablet chewed, not swallowed whole, and taken ... mid-day meal
"The tablets should be chewed, not swallowed whole and taken just prior to, during or immediately following a meal."
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/medicine/4343/SPC/Adcal 1500mg c...
This is generally how it's formulated. A search for the exact phrase "chewed, not swallowed" + tablet yields more than 18,000 hits.
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/medicine/4343/SPC/Adcal 1500mg c...
This is generally how it's formulated. A search for the exact phrase "chewed, not swallowed" + tablet yields more than 18,000 hits.
Discussion
Qué palabra tan espantosa.