Patient Power: Over-the-Counter Drugs

[Guest guest]

Colleagues,

Today’s health consumers are taking a more active role in diagnosing and treating themselves. With new tools to assist them — from Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) that allow patients to control some their health care dollars to an unprecedented wealth of information on Internet Web sites — consumers are more empowered than ever to understand their health condition(s) and participate in decisions about their treatment. Consumers have long used over-the-counter (OTC) remedies — from aspirin to zinc — to treat symptoms…at least initially. Now these traditional self-treatments have been joined by new, potent medications that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has moved from prescription-only to OTC status. From pain relievers to allergy pills, once available only by prescription, some 89 medications are now on store shelves.

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Best Regards

Mohammad Bashaar