Description: A rule set by regulators of product that somehow constrain the use of products. Regulator may be any organization with a mandate to issue such rules, regardless of level, regional, country, state, and local (e.g., an institutional Pharmaceutical and Treatment Committee.)
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Code | Display | |
OTC | non prescription medicine | Medicines designated in this way may be supplied for patient use without a prescription. The exact form of categorisation will vary in different realms. |
RX | prescription only medicine | Some form of prescription is required before the related medicine can be supplied for a patient. The exact form of regulation will vary in different realms. |