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Saturday, June 30, 2007

Medication

A medication is a drug taken to treat and reduce any symptoms of an illness or medical condition, or may be used as precautionary medicine that has future benefits but does not treat any existing or pre-existing diseases or symptoms. Provision of medication is often keeping up by the government into three categories — over the counter (OTC) medications, which are available in pharmacies and supermarket's without special limitations, behind the counter (BTC), which are dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription, and Prescription only medicines (POM), which must be prescribed by a licensed medical professional, as a rule a physician.Most Over the counter medications are normally considered to be safe enough that most people will not hurt themselves if they are taken as instructed. In UK, BTC medicine is called pharmacy medicines which can only be sold in registered pharmacies, by or under the supervision of a pharmacist. However, the precise difference between OTC and prescription depends on the legal jurisdiction.


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