I just heard a commercial for this! Are they serious? I am not comfortable with this.
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I just heard a commercial for this! Are they serious? I am not comfortable with this.
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Meh.
the thing that's confusing me is, aren't most OTC stuff for short term use only? almost everything OTC says "do not use this longer than X days/weeks" bc self-treating is limited to short tem therapy....this stuff is for chronic use which I thought FDA wanted anything for chronic use to be Rx only
Plenty of chronic disease states can be managed OTC- allergies, acid reflux, arthritis, etc.
I'm excited for Nasacort OTC
Plenty of chronic disease states can be managed OTC- allergies, acid reflux, arthritis, etc.
I'm excited for Nasacort OTC
I'm pretty sure every acid reflux med says it's for short term use on the packaging (thus chronic users should go to an MD to get evaluated for Barrett's esophagus and H. pylori infection). Allergies and arthritis are probably good examples, though.
Ya but they all say "do not use longer than 14 days or contact your doctor"....the meds CAN be taken longterm under physician supervision, the idea behind it is the FDA wants patients to be seen by a doctor before diagnosing themselves and taking something chronically w/o knowledge of a physician. These patches are different though which is interesting
Yup. As of the first of the month.
Anyone know if these can be used in place of scopolamine patches for motion sickness?
Off the top of my head, the only major contradiction to using oxybutynin would be enlarged prostate, so that explains the marketing toward only women. Did I forget anything?
Eh, look what Tylenol or aspirin can do to you
Want to be terrified. Think about Tagamet being used OTC. Holy ddi
Aspirin would certainly not be OTC if it was approved today.If Tylenol weren't grandfathered in, I doubt the FDA would approve it by today's standards.
I believe cold medicines and antipyretics tell you to go to the doctor after some length of time. They don't want someone with lung cancer taking robitussin forever instead of finding out their diagnosis.PPIs, yes...but it is totally fine to use antacids or H2RAs on and off.
You can treat allergies without going to the doc, or cold symptoms, for pretty much as long as you want without limits on the packaging.
I don't know of any statement from the FDA that OTC means "short term." It means "safe for the vast majority of the general public." Oxybutynin and Nasocort are pretty dang safe.