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Consumer Information: Safe Use of Over-the-Counter Drug Products

Internet URL

http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm093471.htm  

Sponsoring Agency

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Description

Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs products are those drugs that are available to consumers without a prescription. The FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research oversees OTC drugs and offers these consumer guidelines.

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