阿司匹林是药性平和的止痛药。

Aspirin is a mild analgesic.

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“人们吃的东西可能是药，也可能是毒。”雷亚说。

"What people eat can be medicine or poison." Rea says.

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然而，考虑“给药片加上糖衣”的说法：药片是药，并且其本身在大剂量下是有毒的。

Yet consider the phrase "sugaring the pill" : pills are medicine and as such are poisonous in large quantities.

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So, for example, you might be familiar with Wellbutrin here, this is a type of anti-depressant that a lot of people use right now that are taking anti-depressants.

比如，你可能对这里的安非他酮很熟悉，这是一种抗抑郁症的药,很多治疗抑郁症的人都在用它。

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People are saying stem cells are basically going to be the new miracle drug.

人们常说干细胞将会是新的救命的奇药。

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You remember, thalidomide is the drug which was actually really most used as sleeping aid that when pregnant women took were shown to produce deformities, children who were born without limbs for example.

你应该知道这种药品,实际上它是用来辅助睡眠的,但是，如果孕妇吃了这种药,就可能造成胎儿畸形，可能生出来的婴儿是没有四肢的。

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