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over-the-counter drug

A therapeutic agent that does not require a prescription, which the FDA feels can be safely self-prescribed by non-physicians. Cf Prescription drug, Under-the-counter.

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Under HSA rules an HSA owner may use his or her HSA to pay for over-the-counter drugs so long as the HSA owner obtains a "prescription" even if the drug is available without a prescription.

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APHA is urging lawmakers to make comprehensive reform of guidelines for over-the-counter drugs.

APHA calls for drug guideline reform: recent actions on public health by APHA

will be unaffected by Daiichi Sankyo's acquisition of Astellas' over-the-counter drug subsidiary, Zepharma Inc., later in April.

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My Nexium expired and to save time from calling the doctor, I just bought an over-the-counter drug," says Brinkley, who, with her husband and son, co-owns Real Estate Investments by Brinkley, Brinkley and Brinkley Inc.

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Schering-Plough, suddenly less concerned about the "major health risks" it had cited earlier, asked the FDA tO make Claritin an over-the-counter drug.

Locking up life-saving drugs: prescription laws make us sicker and poorer

Bentley Laboratories manufactures a wide variety of quality skin care, hair care, fragrance and related liquid-fill products, as well as over-the-counter drug products, hot-fills and powders.

Cosmetics manufacturer settles down in Edison

While an over-the-counter drug is less expensive than the prescription drug, the cost to the consumer increases if the price paid by the consumer for the over-the-counter drug is greater than the consumer's co-payment when the drug was covered by insurance.

Benefit update: over-the-counter medicines

Wai and Newman say that they'd like to see the herbal-supplements market develop into a natural-products offshoot of the over-the-counter drug industry.

Herbal lottery: what's on a dietary supplement's label may not be what's in the bottle

For those who work for employers with low copays, such as $2 a prescription, the over-the-counter drug is quite a bit more expensive, Bernard said.

Consumers, physicians criticize insurers on allergy drug costs. (Briefing)

Such has been the growth in self-medication in Latin America, in particular, that over-the-counter drug manufacturers recently renamed their umbrella organization the Industria Latinoamericana de Automedicacion Responsable.

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However, no medication and no over-the-counter drug should ever be taken unless your doctor prescribes it or a responsible adult recommends it for your particular illness or condition.

Is it OK to take one chewable Tylenol tablet even if you don't have a headache? Will it make you feel better than you did before?

Brodin's The Over-the-Counter Drug Book was designed to take the guesswork out of home medication.