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  2. Over-the-counter drug - Wikipedia

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    Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines at FamilyDoctor.org, maintained by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Contains extensive information on over-the-counter drugs and their responsible use, including specific guidance on several drug classes in question-and-answer format and information on common drug interactions.

  3. Heroin - Wikipedia

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    Bayer marketed diacetylmorphine as an over-the-counter drug under the trademark name Heroin. [91] It was developed chiefly as a morphine substitute for cough suppressants that did not have morphine's addictive side-effects. Morphine at the time was a popular recreational drug, and Bayer wished to find a similar but non-addictive substitute to ...

  4. Anti-obesity medication - Wikipedia

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    Originally available only by prescription, it was approved by the FDA for over-the-counter sale in February 2007. [32] In May 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a revised label for Xenical to include new safety information about rare cases of severe liver injury that have been reported with the use of this medication. [33]

  5. Cheese (recreational drug) - Wikipedia

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    "Cheese" is a heroin-based recreational drug that came to the attention of the media inside and outside [1] the United States after a string of deaths among adolescents in Dallas, between 2005 and 2007. As of 2012 the drug use is now among older people who were teenagers around the period the drug was first discovered. [2]

  6. OTC - Wikipedia

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    Oliver Typewriter Company, a former US company; Open Text Corporation, a Canadian software company; Oriental Trading Company, based in Omaha, Nebraska; Oshkosh Truck Corporation, former name of the Oshkosh Corporation

  7. Drug - Wikipedia

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    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States is a federal agency responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter medications, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices ...

  8. Prescription drug - Wikipedia

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    A study conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration covered over 100 drugs, prescription and over-the-counter. The results showed that about 90% of them were safe and effective far past their original expiration date. At least one drug worked 15 years after its expiration date. [21]

  9. Drug identification number - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] A DIN also pertains to veterinary drugs permitted for sale in Canada. [1] The drug identification number (DIN) is the 8 digit number located on the label of prescription and over-the-counter drug products that have been evaluated by the Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD) and approved for sale in Canada. [citation needed]