"Nonprescription Drugs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Medicines that can be sold legally without a DRUG PRESCRIPTION.
| Descriptor ID |
D004366
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Nonprescription Drugs- Nonprescription Drugs
- Drugs, Nonprescription
- Medicines, Patent
- OTC Drugs
- Drugs, OTC
- Over-the-Counter Drugs
- Drugs, Over-the-Counter
- Over the Counter Drugs
- Patent Medicines
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Drugs, Non Prescription
- Non-Prescription Drugs
- Non Prescription Drugs
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nonprescription Drugs".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Nonprescription Drugs".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nonprescription Drugs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nonprescription Drugs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 24 | 10 | 34 |
| 2003 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| 2004 | 41 | 15 | 56 |
| 2005 | 35 | 14 | 49 |
| 2006 | 25 | 20 | 45 |
| 2007 | 39 | 14 | 53 |
| 2008 | 36 | 30 | 66 |
| 2009 | 53 | 28 | 81 |
| 2010 | 38 | 30 | 68 |
| 2011 | 51 | 26 | 77 |
| 2012 | 47 | 19 | 66 |
| 2013 | 61 | 34 | 95 |
| 2014 | 61 | 31 | 92 |
| 2015 | 43 | 28 | 71 |
| 2016 | 52 | 29 | 81 |
| 2017 | 41 | 13 | 54 |
| 2018 | 35 | 27 | 62 |
| 2019 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nonprescription Drugs" by people in Profiles.
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Alert to US physicians: DHEA, widely used as an OTC androgen supplement, may exacerbate COVID-19. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2021 02; 28(2):R47-R53.
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The clinical benefits of Chinese patent medicines against COVID-19 based on current evidence. Pharmacol Res. 2020 07; 157:104882.
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Can melatonin reduce the severity of COVID-19 pandemic? Int Rev Immunol. 2020; 39(4):153-162.
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[Recent advances in treatment of viral pneumonia using Chinese patent medicine]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2020 Apr; 45(7):1509-1514.
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Analysis of spontaneous reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions for non-analgesic over-the-counter drugs from 2008 to 2017. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol. 2019 10 18; 20(1):60.
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Social media monitoring on the perceived safety of medication use during pregnancy: A case study from the Netherlands. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 11; 85(11):2580-2590.
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Assessing the impact of law enforcement to reduce over-the-counter (OTC) sales of antibiotics in low- and middle-income countries; a systematic literature review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Jul 31; 19(1):536.
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Use of Antibiotics Without a Prescription in the U.S. Population: A Scoping Review. Ann Intern Med. 2019 08 20; 171(4):257-263.
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What is in the drug packet?: access and use of non-prescribed poly-pharmaceutical packs (Yaa Chud) in the community in Thailand. BMC Public Health. 2019 Jul 22; 19(1):971.
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Pharmacist Compliance With Therapeutic Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment Provision. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 07 03; 2(7):e197168.