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How do OTCs differ from prescription (Rx) medicines?

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How do OTCs differ from prescription (Rx) medicines?

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There are two types of drugs in the United States: prescription and nonprescription (OTC). Both must be safe and effective for their intended use and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But OTC medicines differ in some ways from prescription drugs: • Margin of safety: Since their intended use is not supervised by a doctor or other prescriber, OTCs need to have a wider margin of safety than Rx drugs. • Labeling: By law, OTC medicine labeling must include all the information that an ordinary consumer needs for the safe and effective use of the product. Drug Facts is the name given to the type of label format on a majority of OTCs. • Advertising: Prescription medicine advertising is overseen by FDA. In contrast, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has authority over OTC medicine advertising, just as it does for other consumer products. • Distribution: The majority of OTC medicines can be sold in any of the approximately 750,000 retail outlets in the United States—superm

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