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Are OTC FDA tested and approved medication packages required to bear any kind of standardized and highly visible mark or symbol? If so, what does this mark look

Are OTC FDA tested and approved medication packages required to bear any kind of standardized and highly visible mark or symbol? If so, what does this mark look like? Is there any effort to publicize this if it exists? I genuinely don't know. It seems like the real core of this issue isn't that homeopathic medicines' exist or are in the wrong location in the store, but that approved and scientifically tested medicines aren't labelled well enough to distinguish them from other products (homeopathic treatments, nutritional supplements, etc) There probably should be 1 clear symbol for OTC medication that is common and well known and that children are taught to avoid touching.

aidenn0 4y ago
Certainly isn't anything on the front; here's a non-homeopathic remedy[1] that might be adjacent to the homeopathic one. The back has a "Drug Facts" which I believe is FDA required, but homeopathic remedies often have a visually similar table with an asterisk (e.g.[2] also sold at CVS) [edit] The "Drug Facts" label is an FDA requirement[3] for OTC drugs, but apparently it's totally okay to copy the format as long as you add a "not FDA approved" asterisk? Even if it's not okay, the certainly isn't pursuing enforcement here... 1: https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-clotrimazole-3-vaginal-cream-2-prodid-142811 https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-clotrimazole-3-vaginal-c... 2: https://www.cvs.com/bizcontent/merchandising/productimages/high_res/306969122044_2.jpg https://www.cvs.com/bizcontent/merchandising/productimages/h... 3: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/information-consumers-and-patients-drugs/otc-drug-facts-label https://www.fda.gov/drugs/information-consumers-and-patients...