Structured Summary
Abstract
Medicines that can be sold legally without a DRUG PRESCRIPTION.
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Synonyms
24 entry terms
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Drugs, Nonprescription
- Medicines, Patent
- Non-Prescription Drug
- Non-Prescription Drugs
- Nonprescription Drug
- OTC Drug
- OTC Drugs
- Over-the-Counter Drug
- Over-the-Counter Drugs
- Patent Medicine
- Patent Medicines
- Drug, Non-Prescription
- Drug, Nonprescription
- Drug, OTC
- Drug, Over-the-Counter
- Drugs, Non Prescription
- Drugs, OTC
- Drugs, Over-the-Counter
- Medicine, Patent
- Non Prescription Drug
- Non Prescription Drugs
- Over the Counter Drug
- Over the Counter Drugs
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Aspects Covered
18 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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Indexing Annotation
entry term OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS: BEHIND-THE-COUNTER DRUGS is also available
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History Note
2009(1973)
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Previous Indexing
- Drugs (1966-1972)
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Tree Number
- D26.530
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NLM Classification
QV 57
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Nonprescription Drugs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004366. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004366
- Nonprescription Drugs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77829079