2006年VOA标准英语-Prescription Diet Pill Okayed to be Sold O
时间：2019-01-06 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（二月）
By Paige Kollock
Washington, DC
07 February 2006
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Prescription 1 diet pill Xenical
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory 2 panel has endorsed 3 a proposal to allow a prescription diet pill to be sold over the counter.
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Drug manufacturer Glaxo Smith Kline wants to sell a version of its diet drug Xenical in pharmacies 4 without a prescription. The new pill, called Alli, would be the first approved non-prescription diet pill that blocks fat absorption.
Pastor 5 Chad Huebner
For pastor Chad Huebner, it would mean a discrete 6 way of dealing 7 with his weight problem. "I don't want to have to go to the doctor to talk about my weight. We often feel that weight is something we should be able to manage ourselves."
Alli works by blocking the body's absorption of fat in the intestine 8. The manufacturer says it would provide a safer, more effective alternative to the products that are on shelves now.
Dr. Wayne Callaway
Dr. Wayne Callaway, an endocrinologist and eating disorders 9 expert in Washington, D.C. disagrees. "The ability for someone purchasing something over the counter, unbeknownst to what it really is, carries with it the very high risk that some of these people are going to have significant problems, and set off things like Irritable 10 Bowel 11 Syndrome 12, Crones Disease, or whatever, so it's not an innocuous drug that is being used."
Dr. Callaway also says there is little evidence the drug would be an effective weight loss tool.
When combined with a low-fat diet and exercise, Xenical generally results in a loss of five percent of body weight over several months. Since Alli is milder, it could have no affect at all.
Dr. Callaway adds, "I don't think that there's any difference, except that Alli will be sold at half the price of the regular thing, because the Alli is producing only half of the ingredient."
overweight person
At a cost of about $100 a month, it is an expensive gamble to take. And some doctors say short-term fixes by pills are not the answer -- people must address the underlying 13 causes of obesity 14.
Doctors also warn of unpleasant side effects, including intestinal 15 problems.
But some people who want to lose weight say they will try anything.
- The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
- The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。
- I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
- He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。
- The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Still, 32 percent of the pharmacies filled the prescriptions. 但仍然有32%的药剂师配发了这两张药方。 来自互联网
- Chinese herbal pharmacies, and traditional massage therapists in the Vancouver telephone book. 中药店，和传统的按摩师在温哥华的电话簿里。 来自互联网
- He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
- We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
- The picture consists of a lot of discrete spots of colour.这幅画由许多不相连的色点组成。
- Most staple fibers are discrete,individual entities.大多数短纤维是不联系的单独实体。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
- The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。
- Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He gets irritable when he's got toothache.他牙一疼就很容易发脾气。
- Our teacher is an irritable old lady.She gets angry easily.我们的老师是位脾气急躁的老太太。她很容易生气。
- Irritable bowel syndrome seems to affect more women than men.女性比男性更易患肠易激综合征。
- Have you had a bowel movement today?你今天有排便吗？
- The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
- Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
- The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
- This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
- One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
- Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
- A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
- This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句