1, the State Drug Administration is the state-approved prescription drugs are not able to be confidently judged and purchased by the patient, must have a doctor's prescription. While otc is non-prescription drugs, can be purchased by the patient, do not need a doctor's prescription, and otc is divided into color otc and green otc, that is, class A and class B, which is based on the safety classification of drugs.
2, OTC in addition to selling in retail pharmacies, but also in the drug regulatory department approved by other stores (shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels) and so on. The red mark "OTC" for Category A non-prescription drugs, must be sold in retail pharmacies. All non-prescription drugs that are allowed to be sold on the shelf are labeled with the "OTC" symbol. "OTC" mark mainly red and green two kinds, of which the green mark "OTC" belongs to the class B non-prescription drugs, higher security,
3, the packaging is different, all the drugs used to take the drugs must be labeled with The "State Drug License", otherwise it belongs to the non-pharmaceuticals. And health food, food and other non-pharmaceuticals are not the above signs, the use of "State Food and Health", "Wei Food and Health", "Wei Food and Health", "Wei Food and Health", "Wei Food and Health", "Wei Food and Health" and other signs. WeiCaoZi" and other symbols are used. To distinguish between drugs and non-drugs, you can identify from the packaging.
Expanded:
The State Drug Administration's drug approvals are divided into the following categories: "State Drug Administration H, S, Z, B", "State Drug Administration H" for chemicals; "State Drug License S" for biological products; "State Drug License Z" for proprietary Chinese medicines; common in pharmacies, such as creams, pills and other traditional Chinese medicines, no matter how the extraction process, regardless of whether there are toxic side effects, are "State Drug License Z";
The State Drug License S is a new type of Chinese medicine. "
"State Drug Approval Zip B" is for medicines with therapeutic and healthcare effects. Both Chinese and Western medicines can apply for a "State Drug Approval Zip B" lot number if they are clinically proven to have no toxic side effects. The side effects of western medicines are relatively clear, so the current "State Drug Certification B" is mostly for Chinese medicines.
From January 1, 2003 onwards, "drug health word" products to stop production, will be unified to use the State Drug Approval Certificate of the drug approval, the specification of the expression is as follows: health care drugs for the "State Drug Approval Certificate B", the other drugs are: chemicals For the approval number "State Drug License H", biological products "State Drug License S", proprietary Chinese medicines "State Drug License Z".
The State Drug Administration also explicitly requires: non-prescription drug labeling and instructions to be very detailed, the content of the drug specification items in addition to the name of the drug, but also requires that the main ingredients of the drug, pharmacological effects, indications, dosage, adverse reactions, contraindications, precautions, date of manufacture, expiration date, storage methods, as well as the approval of the text, etc.,
In order to facilitate the sick patient
To facilitate the patient's self-judgment in accordance with the symptoms of their own body, and then self-treatment in accordance with the instructions.
How to recognize non-prescription drugs
(1) According to the "Classification and Management of Prescription Drugs and Non-prescription Drugs (for trial implementation)", the packaging of non-prescription drugs must be printed with a nationally designated proprietary marking for non-prescription drugs (OTC). The logo for OTC drugs of category A is red, and the logo for OTC drugs of category B is green.
(2) According to the "Interim Provisions on the Administration of the Circulation of Prescription Drugs and Over-the-Counter Drugs (for Trial Implementation)", for over-the-counter drugs entering into the field of drug circulation, the corresponding advice should be printed by the enterprise conspicuously on the package of the drug or the instruction manual for the use of the drug. Specifically: Please read the instructions carefully and use them according to the instructions or buy and use them under the guidance of a pharmacist.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia - otc