Sentences with word «nonprescription»

«If the product makes antibacterial claims, chances are pretty good that it contains one of these ingredients,» Theresa Michele, director of the FDA's Division of Nonprescription Drug Products, said Friday in a conference call with reporters.

This is a review of nonprescription drugs for common disorders and best practices for managing customer questions about self - treatment.

«Physicians and pharmacists need to ask their patients about the use of nonprescription medications,» said Lindau.

A complete list of nonprescription products sold that claim to treat STDs is available on the FDA's website.

Hamburg noted that «I reviewed and thoughtfully considered the data, clinical information, and analysis provided by» FDA's drug experts, «and I agree... that there is adequate and reasonable, well - supported, and science - based evidence that Plan B One - Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child - bearing potential.»

Moreover, levonorgestrel satisfies all of the criteria for nonprescription status, including a long history of safe and effective use, low incidence of side effects (mainly mild nausea) and a simple and easily explained manner of use.

Commonly found in nonprescription cold and allergy medications like Sudafed and Advil Cold & Sinus, pseudoephedrine eases stuffy noses by shrinking swollen blood vessels in your nasal passages, says John Sundy, MD, an asthma and allergy specialist at Duke University Medical Center.

Always speak with your health care provider before taking nonprescription medications to ensure that you can safely take them.

If that doesn't do it, you can try nonprescription herbal nasal sprays like NasalCrom (cromolyn sodium), which help prevent allergic reactions in your nose.

Among expenses which are not deductible are those for cosmetic surgery, the cost of diet food, illegal drugs, imported drugs not approved by the FDA, and nonprescription medicines.

Aid and nonprescription treatments will be administered as needed.

To help you select your pet's optimal diet, we have a nutritional counselor on staff, and we offer a full line of prescription and nonprescription foods.

The drugs — called anticholinergics — include nonprescription diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and tricyclic antidepressants like doxepin (Sinequan).

However, they can sell nonprescription items in any state, such as flea and tick products, supplements, and any item which does not have the Rx symbol.

You may consider nonprescription - strength hydrocortisone cream, but ask your doctor how often and for how long to use it.

Natural health products can interact with other drugs, even nonprescription drugs.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy released a revised budget Monday that would cut state funding to cities and towns by $ 362 million more than his original proposal and would increase taxes on nonprescription drugs and the sale of mansions.

In October, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers recommended against the use of most nonprescription cold and cough medicines for children under age 6, citing the lack of evidence of safety or efficacy in this age group.

Please use the drop - down menu on the left (or bottom on mobile devices) to access the pages for Suwannee PAWS, Inc. in Live Oak, Florida, and for the online pharmacy which offers pet supplies, prescription items, food and other nonprescription items such as dental supplies.

Provide routine skin care by helping residents in applying nonprescription topical medications to skin surface

Move razors, medications — even nonprescription ones — and cleaning supplies to an out - of - reach cabinet.

The state comptroller moved this week to limit payments by the taxpayer - funded state - employes» health plan for what he described as «outrageously expensive specialty drugs» — which can cost the plan $ 1,000 per prescription, even though he said they're just combinations of inexpensive nonprescription drugs.

In a 2005 paper endorsing nonprescription Plan B for girls, AAP lamented that pharmacies often didn't stock the drug and that only 35 % of 320 Pennsylvania pharmacies surveyed said they could fill a prescription the day it was requested.

To address what makes it through the treatment process, this study collected and analyzed samples from 22 landfills across 12 states looking for 190 chemicals of emerging concern (CECs), including prescription and nonprescription pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, industrial and household chemicals, and plant or animal sterols.

As an optical trainee, I sold nonprescription sunglasses, but I also learned how to interpret optical prescriptions.

There are prescription and nonprescription H2 blockers; the choices you can find over the counter include Tagamet - HB, Pepcid - AC, Axid AR, and Zantac 75.

Valium, Xanax, antidepressants like trazodone (Desyrel), and nonprescription sleeping pills are sedating drugs.

The study looked at the effect of dietary supplementation using 2,000 international units of nonprescription vitamin E daily in a large group of elderly Alzheimer's patients and compared their results over an average of around two years to similar patients who received a placebo, a pharmaceutical marketed as a «treatment» for Alzheimer's disease (memantine), or a combination of memantine along with vitamin E.

Antihistamines like Benadryl, nonprescription hydrocortisone creams, and calamine lotion can all help soothe symptoms.

The researchers found that the denial of access to nonprescription emergency contraception was more common in low - income neighborhoods, another fact that has not changed since the 2012 study.

(Over-the-counter medicines are especially important, as many pain patients take nonprescription NSAIDs in addition to opioids.)

Nonprescription antihistamines should not be used on a long - term basis for sleep problems, because they can cause next - day drowsiness, daytime sleepiness, constipation and urinary retention.

It's used in nonprescription cleansers, moisturizers, and treatments for acne - prone skin in concentrations of 0.5 to 2 percent.

DITTO is an Internet site that sells designer prescription or nonprescription eyeglasses and sunglasses.

Nonprescription diets do not have the recommended protein levels or may not be of a high enough quality.

Several things can help: continuous reassurance for one, getting your cat used to the travel experience is another, and nonprescription remedies, or in some cases, prescription medication.

Urinary tract canned foods are available in both prescription and nonprescription forms.

Zymox Otic is one of my favorite nonprescription ear topical medications that works wonderfully for many acute and chronic ear problems in dogs and cats.

Still, specialists worry that some patients will try to save money with a decades - old nonprescription inhaler that contains a different drug, epinephrine, best known by the brand name Primatene Mist — inhalers that also contain ozone - harming CFCs.

On December 16, 2003, a joint hearing of the FDA Nonprescription Drugs and Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committees voted 23 to four to recommend that the FDA make Plan B emergency contraception available over the counter for all women regardless of age.

Condoms, when used properly, are the only nonprescription product shown to prevent STDs by decreasing your chance of contracting one from an infected sexual partner.

They were particularly interested to see if nonprescription dispensing of emergency contraceptives by pharmacists in British Columbia (beginning in December 2000) was associated with an equivalent decrease in prescriptions written by physicians.

Drinking alcohol, taking prescription or nonprescription medications that contain alcohol, or using street drugs during your treatment with tramadol increases the risk that you will experience these serious, life - threatening side effects.

Statement on Using Innovative Technologies and Other Conditions of Safe Use to Expand Which Drug Products Can be Considered Nonprescription, RHTP (March 23, 2012)

«The FDA strongly recommends to parents and caregivers that OTC cough and cold medicines not be used for children younger than two,» Charles Ganley, director of the FDA's Office of Nonprescription Products said.

Recent studies put college students» nonprescription use of stimulant drugs (Ritalin and amphetamines such as Adderall and Dexedrine) at rates anywhere between 14 and 38 percent, depending on the type of college and age of student.

The researchers then studied wastewater samples from 10 cities throughout the United States, testing for 14 illicit, prescription, and nonprescription drugs including heroine, cocaine, methamphetamine, and oxycodone.

Included in APhA's list of copyrighted titles are Krinsky et al., Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self - Care; Chyka, The APhA Complete Review for Pharmacy; Allen, The Art, Science, and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding; Cohen, Medication Errors; Posey, Complete Review for the Pharmacy Technician; Kowalsky, Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine; Trissel, Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations.

She was told that ibuprofen — the nonprescription medication found in Motrin and Advil — would be sufficient.