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Prescription-to-Nonprescription Switch?
• “Among the first products to be switched to nonprescription
status was ibuprofen for the treatment of pain in 1984.”
• Some nonprescription medications are
also available as prescription drugs (diff
dose or dosage form) e.g. ?
• Why shift (safe-efficacy)..generics, self
treatment condition
• Another imp ex: Nicotine replacement
therapy so it allowed better use
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Options for self medications
1. Non prescription drugs
2. Nutritional dietary supplements (courses??)
3. Natural products (in all topics we discuss) and
homeopathic remedies (search-bonus)
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