2. OTC can be sold not only in retail pharmacies, but also in other stores (shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels) approved by the drug supervision department. The red sign "OTC" is a class A non-prescription drug, which must be sold in retail pharmacies. Over-the-counter drugs that are allowed to be sold on the shelf are marked with the "OTC" sign. There are mainly two kinds of "OTC" signs: red and green, among which the green sign "OTC" belongs to Class B over-the-counter drugs with higher safety.
3, the packaging is different, all drugs used for taking must be marked with "Chinese medicine quasi-word", otherwise it belongs to non-drugs. However, health food, food and other non-drugs do not have the above signs, but use the signs of "national food health", "health food health", "health food syndrome" and "health food elimination". Distinguishing between drugs and non-drugs can be identified from the packaging.
Extended data:
The drug approval documents of National Medicine Zhunzi are divided into the following categories: "National Medicine Zhunzi H, S, Z, B", and "National Medicine Zhunzi H" is a chemical; "National Medicine Zhunzi S" is a biological product; "National Medicine Zhunzi Z" is a Chinese patent medicine; Traditional Chinese patent medicines such as Gao Dan Wan San, which are common in pharmacies, belong to "National Medicine Zhunzi" regardless of the extraction process and whether there are toxic or side effects;
"National Medicine Zhunzi B" is a medicine with therapeutic and health care functions. No matter whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or western medicine, if it is clinically proved that there is no toxic or side effect, you can apply for the batch number of "National Medicine Zhunzi B". Because the toxic and side effects of western medicine are relatively clear, the current "National Medicine Zhunzi B" is mostly traditional Chinese medicine.
From 2003 1 month 1 day, all the products of "Yaojianzi" stopped production, and the drug approval document of "Zhunzi of National Medicine" will be adopted uniformly. The standardized expression is as follows: the health care drug is "Zhunzi B of National Medicine", and the other drugs are: approval number of "Zhunzi H of National Medicine", biological product "Zhunzi S of National Medicine" and Chinese patent medicine.
The state drug supervision and administration department also explicitly requires that the labels and instructions of over-the-counter drugs should be very detailed. In addition to the name of the drug, the contents of the drug instructions also require the main components, pharmacological effects, indications, usage and dosage, adverse reactions, contraindications, precautions, production date, expiration date, storage method and approval text of the drug.
In order to facilitate patients to make self-judgment according to their own physical symptoms, and then carry out self-treatment according to the instructions.
How to identify over-the-counter drugs
(1) According to the Administrative Measures for the Classification of Prescription Drugs and Non-prescription Drugs (Trial), the packaging of non-prescription drugs must be printed with the OTC designated by the state. Class A OTC drugs are marked in red, while Class B OTC drugs are marked in green.
(2) According to the Interim Provisions on the Administration of the Circulation of Prescription Drugs and Non-prescription Drugs (Trial), the corresponding advice of non-prescription drugs entering the field of drug circulation should be conspicuously printed on the drug packaging or drug use instructions by enterprises. The specific contents are as follows: Please read the drug instructions carefully and use them according to the instructions or purchase and use them under the guidance of pharmacists.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-National Medicine Zhunzi
Baidu encyclopedia-－otc