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I had never considered it-what makes a drug prescription vs OTC? Every substance has safety concerns(dose makes the poison), so with a lot of the financial gone
by 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
I had never considered it-what makes a drug prescription vs OTC? Every substance has safety concerns(dose makes the poison), so with a lot of the financial gone, will the GLPs ever not require a prescription?
- dlcarrier 1y agoIn the US, prescription and OTC are theoretically completely unrelated, but in practice patent holders want their drugs to be prescription, where end users aren't involved in the process of selecting or paying for the drug, whereas generic manufacturers want the drugs to be OTC, where end users are choosing the product in a competitive market. See, for example, Prilosec (Omeprazole) switching from prescription to OTC.
- apike 1y agoThe FDA (or equivalent in the relevant country) regulates whether an approved drug requires a prescription based on the safety profile. To be approved for OTC, there is a much higher bar in terms of ease of misuse, side effects, and so on.
- petesergeant 1y agoThey don’t require one in the UAE (in practice, anyway), which has a well-regulated med scene.