OTC Medications edited by Dr. Ryan Lambert-Bellacov

Why are some Medications OTC? FDA has established safety profile FDA established OTC drug review FDA regulated OTC Drugs Facts label Active Ingredients Purpose Uses Warnings Directions Other information-Storage, sodium content, etc Inactive Ingredients Edited by Dr. Ryan Lambert-Bellacov, chiropractor for Back in the Game in West Linn, OR

The Expanding OTC Market 300,000 OTC Medications on the market Brand name extension growing-Common brand name with different ingredients (Tylenol has > 50 products) Safety and efficacy of OTC drugs Increased desire to self care Aging of population Increased health care costs prompts cost saving strategy-Estimated that HC 1% cream saved $144 million the first year No 3rd party constraints Increased generic options Effective marketing Rx-to OTC switch-Over 700 products on market that used to be RX only 40-87% of adults >65 use at least one OTC product, 5.7% take five or more Edited by Dr. Ryan Lambert-Bellacov, chiropractor for Back in the Game in West Linn, OR

The Problem Understanding ways medications are not used properly Improper Use Overuse Underuse Edited by Dr. Ryan Lambert-Bellacov, chiropractor for Back in the Game in West Linn, OR