Need for Hormonisation of Labelling of OTC drugs
- 1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jaipur National University, Rajasthan, India
- 2. Department of pharmaceutical sciences, M.D.U. Rohtak, Haryana, India
- 3. Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Haryana, India
Description
Over the counter (OTC) drugs are medicine that may be sold without a prescription
and without a visit to a medical professional in contrast to prescription drugs. Reading
the product label is the most important part of taking care of when using OTC
medicines. There is increasing need for consumer to have easily readable and
understandable information about OTC drugs. Information on active ingredients,
warnings, indications, storage conditions, contraindications, directions, purposes and
other information, must be legible and accessible as OTC drug products are now
widely available and used without medical supervision. This is particularly important
because many potent drugs which have been switched from prescription to OTC
status. Consumers are becoming more actively involved in there own health care, and
are practicing self-diagnosis and self-medication with OTC drug products. Thus, it is
extremely important that OTC drug product be clearly and uniformly labeled in a
simple manner so as to ensure there safe and effective use by consumers.
Abstract (English)
Over the counter (OTC) drugs are medicine that may be sold without a prescription
and without a visit to a medical professional in contrast to prescription drugs. Reading
the product label is the most important part of taking care of when using OTC
medicines. There is increasing need for consumer to have easily readable and
understandable information about OTC drugs. Information on active ingredients,
warnings, indications, storage conditions, contraindications, directions, purposes and
other information, must be legible and accessible as OTC drug products are now
widely available and used without medical supervision. This is particularly important
because many potent drugs which have been switched from prescription to OTC
status. Consumers are becoming more actively involved in there own health care, and
are practicing self-diagnosis and self-medication with OTC drug products. Thus, it is
extremely important that OTC drug product be clearly and uniformly labeled in a
simple manner so as to ensure there safe and effective use by consumers.
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Dates
- Accepted
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2010-07-01