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OTC Medication
1. OTC MEDICATIONS
SUBMITTED TO
Dr. G. RAMESH B.PHARM, PHARM. D
(P.B)
Assistant Professor
Department of PHARMACY
Submitted by
A.SUJATHA
16AB1T0003
Pharm. D 2nd year
2. Medications are broadly classified in to two types
1. Prescription controlled medications
2. Prescription uncontrolled medications
1. Prescription controlled medications : These class involves the drugs
and medicines which needed a signified prescription of eligible authority that
is physician or a registered medicational practioner.
2. Prescription uncontrolled medications: These classes involve all
the drugs and medicines which do not require a written prescription of a
physician or a medical practioner. Such medications can be directly purchases
over the chemist bench. Those drugs are called as a over the counter drugs or
non prescribed drugs.
3. GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF OTC MEDICATION:
OTC Medications are those medications that can be obtained
over the counter or from the chemist bench without
prescription of a RMP and consultation with a physician. It
can be suggested that those having little significant
pharmacological activity and therefore the physician need
not to be very much concenered about these use by the
patient themselves.
4. OTC MEDICATIONS: HISTORY
In 1860s the preparation of remedies at home
was replaced by purchasing of patient. Medicines. By
1905s the market of the patent drugs was at its peak .
1920 due to intense economical and political struggle
changed preference care, resulted in decline in public
demand and use of patient medicines.
5. OTC MEDICATIONS REASONS:
1. Shortage of time and comfort
2. Cheaper in price
3. Availability
4. Level of literacy and awareness
5 . Self care
6. Advertisement
6. 1. SHORTAGE OF TIME COMFORT:
Usually people in cities and towns due to their busy
schedule don’t get proper time for visiting the physician for
getting proper medications but OTC medications are very
less time and less consuming time and easily available.
7. 2. CHEAPER IN PRICE:
In our country like India where more than 55% of total
population is just near the poverty line people majority
are weak to visit physician for small health problems
and hence prefer nonprescribed drugs comparatively
cheaper.
8. 3. AVAILABILITY:
Most of the NPDS are easily available at all places .Due to
the availability there is easily preferred by common people
for daily health problems.
9. 4. LEVEL OF LITERACY AND AWARENESS:
Many of the people have either very low
awareness due to which they don’t prefer to visit
a physician.
10. 5. SELF CARE:
Now a day’s people with high literacy and awareness are
preferred to use of OTC medications .This is because of
self caring people that they can take care of their own
help.
11. 6. ADVERTISEMENTS:
Most of the OTC medications producing industry give attractive
advertisement for increasing the purchases of the medications also
people due to previous experiences
or due to the experience of other people outpatient treatment for OTC
medications Significance of OTC medications:
•OTC medications are comparatively cheaper and because of poverty in
India and also people favor non prescription drugs.
•The chemist himself may prescribe non prescription drugs this
common in India.
•An increased trend for self care and increased tendency of patients
maintain their own health.
NDPS have generally less no of side effects as compared to
prescription medications.
12. BENEFITS OF OTC:
1.Easy to access.
2. Improved education of consumer.
3. Decreased frequency of visits to the patients.
4. Decreased cost of third party players.
5. Increased autonomy of the patients
14. Drug name Strength and dosage form
Acetaminophen 32mg tablet, 160mg/5ml
suspension
Aspirin 81 mg chewable tablet
Aspirin(enteric coated) 325mg tablet
Ibuprofen 200 mg tablet, 100mg/5ml
suspension
OTC Medication list:
15. Drug form Strength and dosage
form
Calcium carbonate 500mg form chewable
tablet
Famotidiene 100mg tablets
Omeprazole 200mg tablets
Antacids/GIT Medicines:
