At the Pharmacy: Prescriptions & Medication Vocabulary for OET & IELTS

Mr. Davies collects a prescription — and the pharmacist walks through exactly what he needs to know before he leaves the counter.
Nadia and Tom cover the vocabulary of a community pharmacy visit: prescription, pharmacist, dosage, directions, side effect, over-the-counter, generic medication, repeat prescription, medication label, and collection. Each term is defined and demonstrated in a natural pharmacist-patient exchange, followed by a slower repeat of the key lines and a short quiz to check understanding.
A high-value episode for OET Speaking (pharmacist and nurse role-plays both draw on this scenario) and for IELTS healthcare vocabulary at the intermediate level.
📄 Free transcript PDF (vocabulary table, full script, language notes): medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/2 (medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/1)
🇫🇷 French-language version: Voix Médicales Podcast
Episode 2 of Medical Voices.
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