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Medication Follow up Visit in Spanish

By Doc Molly on October 10, 2020 4

In today's podcast, we practice Spanish for a medication follow-up visit. This audio lesson was inspired by a listener who recently emailed me regarding questions she would like to ask during medication follow up visits in Spanish.  She has been doing this via virtual visits since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

Special thanks to Elizabeth Cortez, my Spanish teacher from the San Pedro Spanish School in Guatemala who joins us of this lesson. 

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Medication Follow-up in Spanish
Purpose of the call
Any reactions or side effects?
Are you taking your medications?
When are you taking your medications?
Refilling a prescription
Obtaining pharmacy information
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Medication Follow-up in Spanish

Purpose of the call

1:21

Lo/la llamo para ver cómo está / sigue.
I’m calling you to see how you’re doing.

1:58

revisar
to review

Revisemos* sus medicamentos.
Vamos a revisar sus medicamentos.
Let’s review your medications.

*This is the subjunctive form of the nosotros command of the verb REVISAR.

Any reactions or side effects?

2:43

¿Cómo le va con sus medicamentos?
How are you doing with your medications?

3:06

reaccionar
to react

¿Cómo ha reaccionado a los nuevos medicamentos?
How have you reacted to the new medications?

3:23

el efecto secundario
side effect

¿Ha notado algún problema o efecto secundario de algún medicamento?
Have you noticed any problems or side effects from a medication?

Are you taking your medications?

4:06

¿Sigue tomándolos todos?
¿Los sigue tomando todos?
Are you still taking all of them?

4:45

recetar
to prescribe

¿Ha podido tomar todos los medicamentos que le he recetado?
Have you been able to take all the medications I have prescribed?

When are you taking your medications?

5:16

acetaminophen
el paracetamol

And acetaminophen is commonly referred to by its brand-name, Tylenol, pronounced as either “Taylenol” or “Tilenol.”

¿Cuándo está tomando el paracetamol/Tylenol?
When are you taking acetaminophen/Tylenol?

6:11

¿Cuántas veces al día está lo está tomando?
¿Cuántas veces al día está tomándolo?
How many times a day are you taking it?

Refilling a prescription

6:23

el metoprolol
metoprolol

volver a recetar
to refill a prescription

Voy a volver a recetar el metoprolol.
I am going to refill your metoprolol prescription.

6:56

recoger
to pick up

la farmacia
pharmacy

Puede recogerlo en la farmacia mañana.
Lo puede recoger en la farmacia mañana.
You can pick it up at the pharmacy tomorrow.

Obtaining pharmacy information

7:19

¿Cuál es el nombre de la farmacia?
What is the name of the pharmacy?

Remember to use CUÁL when asking for information rather than a definition. Learn when to use QUÉ vs CUÁL in questions with the verb SER.

7:45

la dirección
address

¿Cuál es la dirección?
What is the address.

8:01

¿En qué calle y ciudad está?
What street and city is it in?

Related Lessons

  • HTN – Discussing Labs and Med Changes in Spanish
  • Preoperative Evaluation in Spanish
  • ADHD in Spanish – Medicamentos controlados
Become a Medical Spanish member to access the following lessons:
  • HT05 Medications Changes – Interpret
  • BB24 Medication Vocabulary
  • BB25 Medication Questions

Special thanks to Elizabeth Cortez, my Spanish teacher at the San Pedro Spanish School in Guatemala.

The lessons offered at docmolly.com are a fun way to practice medical Spanish. They are not intended to teach medicine or provide medical advice. These lessons are intended to improve communication with Spanish-speaking patients, but they are not intended to substitute for a qualified medical interpreter.

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  1. Nancy Grainer says

    November 17, 2020 at 11:17 am

    My membership is not yet due for renewal. How can I apply the discount I just earned from taking the quiz when the renewal is due?

    I would rephrase the question regarding the female patient. I misunderstood, thinking it was a female doctor asking the question to a patient, presumedly a male.

    Reply
    • Doc Molly says

      November 28, 2020 at 9:20 am

      Hello Nancy,

      As a current Medical Spanish member you can renew at 50% off the regular price prior to expiration of your membership, and since you are already a member, when you supply your email at the end of the quiz, it is not added to any new mailing lists.

      In the lesson @1:21 above, we say, “Addressing a male patient formally… >>> “Lo llamo…”
      “Now addressing a woman….” >>> “La llamo….”

      Please let me know how I could have phrased it more clearly. Thank you, Nancy for supporting the podcast with your membership, for your comments, and for taking the quizzes. It’s exciting to see members interacting with the material. It allows us to see where people are having trouble and how we can improve future lessons.

      Un abrazo,
      Molly

  2. Nichelle Sifontes says

    May 20, 2021 at 2:19 pm

    Hello. I’ve taking the quiz and got the discount for the membership renewal for the Premium Package. Can I apply that discount at the time of renewal? That will be in May 2022. Or can I apply it to Spanish Grammar membership now? Not sure what to do.

    Reply
    • Doc Molly says

      May 20, 2021 at 5:00 pm

      Hola Nichelle,

      Thanks for taking our quizzes! Since you are a Medical Spanish member, you are already eligible for a 50% discount when you renew before it expires. You can do this under RENEW in the member home. You will also find a discount for the Spanish Grammar membership in the Member Home.
      See: https://www.screencast.com/t/V6jeGFbngn4 Therefore, you already have access to discounts beyond what the quiz offers.

      In the future, I plan to add a point system to quizzes so that you can earn points to go towards additional savings and content. I’m just not there yet.

      I also received your message about the newsletter. You are signed up and you will receive our next newsletters this weekend. Thanks for reminding me! We’ve been creating a lot of new content, and now we better share it with y’all.

      Gracias de nuevo por tu apoyo y por interactuar con las lecciones tomando los quizzes.

      Un abrazo,

      Molly

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