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Non prescription drugs
• Non prescription drugs are drugs that are sold over the
counter, which means they are sold without a prescription
from a doctor.
• These drugs are sold directly to the consumers as
compared toprescription drugs, which requires a
prescription.
• They are also referred as the over-the-counter (OTC)
drugs.
Examples of
OTC ??
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More about non prescription drugs
• The information about the drug applies whether it
requires prescription or not.
• nonprescription drugs have the same dangers,
warnings, precautions and interactions as prescription
drugs.
• A nonprescription (over-the-counter) drug has dosing
and other instructions printed on the container label.
• Always the pt should read them carefully before
taking the drug.
• The information and warnings on containers for
nonprescription drugs may not be as complete as the
information in spaicial books.
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