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At the farmácia

Portuguese English
o remédio medicine
o comprimido tablet, pill
o xarope syrup, cough mixture
a caixa box, packet
o farmacêutico / a farmacêutica the pharmacist

To ask for something: Você tem alguma coisa para dor de garganta? — Have you got anything for a sore throat? And to check: Precisa de receita? — Does it need a prescription?

Medicine, like coffee, is something you tomar: tomar um remédio, tomar um comprimido. It's a regular -ar verb: tomo, toma, tomamos, tomam.