地道美语听力播客:药品和医疗器械出现的问题

Suzanne: Don’t take that! I’m reading an article inthe newspaper about all of the drugs and medicaldevices that have been recalled in the past year andyou wouldn’t believe how long this list is.

Abdul: I’m just taking something for my headache.I’m sure this medicine is fine.

Suzanne: Don’t be so sure. I’m just reading about this drug that was contaminated andbefore it was recalled, it caused 13 deaths.

Abdul: Contaminated drugs are one in a million. Now can I take my medicine?

Suzanne: Listen to this. Over 400 people had terrible side effects before this drug wasrecalled, and a drug recalled six months ago causes birth defects. Here’s a medical device forpeople with heart problems that’s defective and eight people died as a result.

Abdul: Okay, I’ve heard enough.

Suzanne: No, wait, there’s more. You’ve got to see this list of alerts that the governmentissued warning people against over-the-counter drugs like the one you’re about to take.You’d better check to see if it’s on this list.

Abdul: Don’t be ridiculous. I’ve been taking this for months. If there were something wrongwith it, don’t you think the pharmaceutical company would have taken out full-page ads in thepapers?

Suzanne: I doubt it. Do you think they want to encourage litigation?

Abdul: Here, you check it against that list. If you find it on there, you can say you’ve saved mylife!