TheHandbook of Nonprescription Drugs
- 7 July 1977
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 297 (1) , 48-49
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197707072970109
Abstract
IN writing prescriptions, doctors may have recourse to the recently issued third edition of the AMA Drug Evaluations, the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) and probably some standard pharmacologic text. But what does a physician know about the OTC (overthe-counter) products that his patients — with or without his recommendation — may be obtaining at some pharmacy, cut-rate drug outlet, supermarket or general store? Does he know that some bulk laxatives contain per packet 250 mg of sodium, that some cold remedies and analgesics with aspirin also contain varying amounts of aluminum hydroxide that may interfere with the absorption of tetracyclines, . . .Keywords
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