纪录片《药物依赖》 第22期：服药后的焦躁

The risks are that approximately one in five people

大约有五分之一的人

will become much more anxious on these drugs,

服药后可能会感到焦躁

that one in 100 or so will go on to a suicidal act,

而一百人中会有一个人有自杀倾向

that one in the area of something like 500 to 600 people

每五百到六百人中会有一个人

may go onto complete suicide,

真的会自杀

who wouldn't have done so if they hadn't been on the pills.

而这些人如果不服用此药就不会这样

One drug in particular came under scrutiny¹.

其中一种药接受了审查

The makers² of the controversial anti-depressant drug Seroxat

颇具争议的抗抑郁药物塞乐特的制造者

have been criticised by the health care regulatory body

因其对服药后可能产生自杀倾向

for withholding³ information about the

这一信息的隐瞒

risk of suicidal behaviour associated with the drug.

而被医疗监管机构批评

In 2006, GSK, the makers of Seroxat,

2006年 塞乐特的制造商

one of these SSRIs,

葛兰素史克承认

admitted that Seroxat raised the risk of suicide eight times.

塞乐特使自杀倾向提高了8倍

Sadly, side effects from drugs are nothing new.

遗憾的是 药物副作用并不是新鲜事

Thalidomide was the great drugs disaster of the post-war era.

反应停事件是战后的一次药物灾难

1 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

2 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 withholding   

扣缴税款

参考例句：

• She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
• The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。