Talk:Prescription drug

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In
In the article, there is a misleading sentence and two parts have to be exchanged against each other as follows:

"As a general rule, over-the-counter drugs are those that treat a condition not necessarily requiring a doctor's care and have not been proven to meet safety standards required for prescription drugs".

In the current text, it was just the other way around.

Best regards Juergen Hahn hahnhome@t-online.de


 * I agree confusing; both originally, as above, and as stands in article. Hope my edit is clear. -David Rubentalk 17:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, not the Controlled Substances Act, is the law that declares certain drugs prescription drugs. The controlled substances act declares what substances are controlled substances. Making something a controlled substance does not automatically make it a prescription drug, and only a small minority of prescription drugs are also controlled substances. I edited the article to correct this.

Regulations in the United States
The section on regulations explains how prescriptions are defined, who may write them, who regulates the drugs, and how they are labeled. There are also two paragraphs about pharmacies. What does this have to do with prescription drugs?

I'm asking for two reasons. The first reference to pharmacies starts with "Also" and talks about membership club pharmacies, as if it were part of a pharmacy discussion. The next paragraph is about off label use, which goes back to regulation. That's followed by a paragraph about generic drugs in pharmacy chains. Aside from the obvious bad structure, these sections have nothing to do with prescription drug regulations.

The other reason for the question is that the question itself is not addressed in the section. The section should talk about what regulations cover who can sell prescription drugs rather than mentioning pharmacies completely out of context. Currently, it says nothing about that so there is no way of telling why pharmacies are even mentioned.

If I have a prescription, must I go to a pharmacy to have it filled? If I have a bottle of a prescription drug and you have a prescription for the same drug, can I give it to you? The section merely says that one needs a prescription to get the drug so the answers could be inferred to be no and yes, respectively.

The minutiae about pharmacies should be put in a pharmacy article, and this section should discuss regulations related to dispensing prescription drugs. Hagrinas (talk) 16:32, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Pricing of prescription drugs
I've just spent a very frustrating few minutes trying to find a simple comparison called something like "Prescription charges around the world". It doesn't seem to exist: any chance someone with the requisite knowledge could do something here? It would be very useful to know what the situation is in countries other than the USA and UK. Loganberry (Talk) 04:00, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

- I've changed the situation in Scotland, as that is all I know, but yes, it would be helpful if we could have a comparison. Certainly, the "UK" situation should be split up into the different constituent nations, as the story is very different in each 94.168.147.34 (talk) 08:34, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

It should be noted that post-doctorate level psychologists are in fact allowed by law, in some states to prescribe. There is an unsupported claim by psychiatry that it is dangerous for other mental health specialists to prescribe because the current practice of psychiatry in the United States amounts to maintaining a guaranteed patient niche market through medication management alone. They then refer the patient for additional treatment for all other treatment. On average, US psychiatrist spend an average of 10-15 minutes "Personally" with their patients to write and or adjust prescriptions. The psychiatrist then also glean additional income from other healthcare professionals who are politically being blocked from gaining prescriptive authority, through such business tactics as office space rental and other inflated "administrative" costs. Dawn Webster

Pharmacy students (CP133 Group 28) would like to add content to this page based on US generic and brand drug prices and drug cost containment strategies for prescription drugs. We would like to expand upon options for patients. Sprinklerose (talk) 17:45, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Legend drug
The term "legend drug" redirects to this article, but it is not explained in the article text. This term should be explained in the article if the redirect is truly appropriate, otherwise Legend drug should be its own article/stub. Mike Dillon 02:27, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * A google search indicates that legend drug is a United States term for prescription drug, so this redirect is correct. I hadn't heard that term before either! Bertcocaine (talk) 03:19, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Gew, can we get rid of the animated GIF? That's not cool. --AlanH 04:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Non NPOV
Under Regulations in UK there's a couple of passages about the HC2 certificate and means testing which doesn't appear to be entirely NPOV and somewhat opinionated and not entirely well written. Perhaps someone with a better knowledge of these matters could rectify? 82.10.65.30 14:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

The top link is dead... I'm just passing through, so I don't know what would be an appropriate replacement.

Keep up the good work!


 * I can't see anything about means testing, but one or more editors have used lots of "" around certain terms, and there was a statement breaking up the sentence about applying for an HC2 certificate not always being granted - to my mind, the very existence of an application process indicates the possibility of rejection and I have removed that statement, along with link corrections, sorting out the grammar, and removing the quotation marks and hyphens that were spread throughout this section. Bertcocaine (talk) 03:13, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Looks like the non NPOV has been fixed, I have just corrected the false information (incapacity benefit is not a qualifying benefit for free prescriptions - only income based benefits are) and added a few words to make it clearer that medical conditions do not lead directly to free prescriptions, a time-limited medical exemption certificate must be applied for.

The section could still do with some editing/rewriting as it is a bit long, but can anyone doing this please make sure they don't edit out all the qualifying words (eg. income based before ESA) as these are important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.151.231 (talk) 09:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

What stands Rx for?
Is Rx an abbreviation? Where does it come from? --84.56.253.183 (talk) 06:46, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

It is a Latin abbreviation meaning "Recipe" or "Compound" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.31.73.1 (talk) 14:51, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The abbreviation isn't normally used outside North America. I'll modify the article slightly to reflect this. --Ef80 (talk) 14:12, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I do not agree with this POV. The Rx or equivalent symbol is used by many doctors around the world. A prescription is basically a written instruction what has to be made for the specific patient. It can be factory made medication but can also contain the ingredients of a product which has to be compounded. There are still many places (I am a pharmacist in the Netherlands) where medication is compounded. In the Netherlands these medications are usually for topical use, but drops (eye, ear, nose), injections, capsules, potions, are still regularly made by hand. Because this is a labour intensive process and the skill (and material) needed will make the end product quite expensive. Because of this it is rapidly disappearing. To many docctors and pharmacists this is looked upon as detrimental as it removes the possibility of made-to-measure medicine. JHvW 10:25, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

I thought that Rx is actually NOT an abbreviated word, it is a stylized version of the jupiter symbol - I'll try n' find a source to back this up, but please know that Rx isn't even 2 letters - it has historically been more like an R with a dash through the R's right leg line (which looks like a lowercase x) (Qdiderot (talk) 10:49, 14 August 2011 (UTC)) OK here is at least one reference supporting the jupiter symbol theory - this reference covers two other theories including the abbreviation one, but I beleive the jupiter symbol is worth mentioning in the main article page here is the link http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1641/what-does-the-pharmacists-symbol-rx-mean Qdiderot (talk) 15:18, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Abuse of Prescription Medications
There needs to be a section on the abuse of these drugs.

UK legislation
I note Prescription only medicine redirects to the article, and I am unable to find in the article any reference to UK law defining what presescription only medicine is Various drugs classified under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 appear to be also prescription only medicines Are all prescription only medicines drugs classified under the act? Laurel Bush (talk) 13:31, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * What about are fury an' tasty friends?
 * I think it would be worth while to included veterinary drugs and substances as well; as the principle idea behind   separating POM from OTC is not only the same, it will add clarity to give examples from both fields, without making the article too complex. To have a separate POM V article would      be just repetitious.  A links can then be made back and forth to Veterinary medicine and of course to Controlled drugs (this is why I pointed out that the medical side of drug legalization ought to be kept separate). It might be easier to add the text first and then find references to fit, rather than try and adapt  the info, from the first reference that comes along. That approach always seem to make for a bitty and  hard to read article.--Aspro (talk) 17:43, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, maybe But knowing what precisely is relevant legislation seems to come first Also, I note the current UK-related info in "Prescription drug" seems not really to belong there It might belong in an article about the NHS Laurel Bush (talk) 18:25, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hang fire for a bit on these med articles. Since I last looked through all of them sometime last year, it seem that someone(s) been  swapping things about. I need a quite evening to start out from basics and figure out what exactly has been changed. When the correct nomenclature  and/or taxonomy is ignored or confused, it starts making WP looking very amateurish. The proper root article, for these to follow on from should be Medicinal product but it's has been left a stub. Also, it uses 'medication' as a noun instead of  a verb which is lazy English not suitable for an encyclopaedia.--Aspro (talk) 20:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I now believe the following may be a reasonable statement re UK POMs (prescription only medicines):
 * ''Prescription only medicines under the Medicines Act 1968 are drugs classified under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and scheduled under Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

Laurel Bush (talk) 11:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't agree with this. Some drugs classified under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations are available on prescription but as I understand it, prescription only drugs are only controlled for production, export, sale etc. (not possession) under the Medicines Act.  This is in contrast to a statement under the "Regulation in the UK" section.  The reference for this, which claimed that "Possession of Prescription Only medicines without a prescription is a serious offence" has also recently disappeared from the Home Office website during an overhaul.  Feldhaus (talk) 17:07, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

My understanding is that all drugs (whether medicinal or recreational) that are restricted through legislation are 'controlled substances' and that any offences for possession are related to the misuse of drugs act - I don't think the law differentiates between the two. Any drug can therefore be prescribed by any licensed medical professional - for example, there are several doctors in the UK that prescribed heroin to a limited number of people (This info was in a BBC documentary a couple of years ago about legalisation of drugs and potential effects on society). However, I would expect that any doctor doing so for financial gain or as a favour would quickly find themselves struck off the register (assuming they were caught!). It is an offence to be in possession of a prescription drug without a prescription. Bertcocaine (talk) 03:30, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

It is only illegal to be in possession of a drug classified under the misuse of drugs act (though it is still not illegal to possess certain class C drugs, eg anabolic steroids), it is not otherwise illegal to be in possession of a prescription only medicine, I have edited the erroneous comment. Comrinec (talk) 03:21, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Reverts
Recent edits reverted the article to an older version that clobbered any added or revised text and contains broken and incomplete citations.

Would you please explain why you are clobbering the edits of other users?

Whywhenwhohow (talk) 16:37, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Dietary supplements
It is again a myth to believe that dietary supplements are not regulated by the FDA. The substances allowed for dietary supplements are very much regulated by the FDA, and the FDA also inspects facilities manufacturing them. It seems like so often, wikipedia is taking a stand-point that is a common (popular) misbelief. The difference to a drug lies more in the proof of efficacy, product registration, and the submission of clinical data. With the introduction of mandatory cGMP regulations in 2008, the quality and labeling of dietary supplements should be equal to OTC substances, but again, the proof of clinical efficacy is usually not so strong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.129.239 (talk) 02:19, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

What about advertising?
TV in the USA is full of adds for prescription medicine ("Do you want your loved ones to avoid getting cancer? Ask your doctor about Zanowhatever"), but there's zero in Europe. I guess it's illegal in Europe.

Can anyone add a section about the advertising of prescription medication? Gronky (talk) 17:11, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Direct marketing of prescription drugs to the general public is certainly prohibited in the UK, and doctors are strongly encouraged to prescribe generically even when drugs are still in patent. Recently companies have started to push the barriers by advertising conditions like erectile dysfunction but not mentioning specific drugs. I don't know enough about this subject to modify the article though. --Ef80 (talk) 17:38, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Ethical drugs
Anyone care about confirming/adding this? would have saved me some time. "Ethical drug is a synonym for prescription drug that is often favoured by pharmaceutical companies despite being less widely understood." Source — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.202.108.220 (talk) 12:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Revised title
I’ve changed the title to “prescription drug” from “prescription medication” per WP:COMMONALITY. Medication as a noun is, in general, largely limited to North America. In the rest of the world, generally, “medicine” is preferred. Nevertheless, the term “prescription drug” is commonly understood throughout the world, and this article even states that it is the “common term” in the USA. It also would bring this article into line with its sister article, pharmaceutical drug. Therefore, I think this move was appropriate, and have also updated some of the language in this article. RGloucester (talk) 06:47, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Expiration Date
Article states these are set by the manufacturer. However every prescription I have had filled this was one year after the date it was filled. It can't be a coincidence, so it must be more complicated than stated in the article. 173.73.100.150 (talk) 17:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Rename Article
To prescription medication. The are prescription only medications which are clearly not drugs. So title is misleading.--Aspro (talk) 16:01, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

FDA National Drug Code Directory (NDC)
I'm not familiar with Wikipedia, but the FDA (US) maintains a list of prescription drugs. Would a link to the directory fit under Further Reading?

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Merge / delete article titled "prescription drug"
I do not feel that deletion is appropriate in this case just because the deletion process is not designed to address problems with super popular articles on concepts which obviously pass notability criteria. However, I do think there is a problem here because this is a low quality article with a huge number of incoming links and lots of traffic. I think that a discussion like a deletion discussion is appropriate. I propose that "Prescription drug" be changed to a redirect to "Drug" and that the content currently in this article mostly be deleted and perhaps be merged elsewhere. I propose merging and redirect because this is a low quality article and I think it would be better to have nothing here than continue to present the current content. It would be great if someone could rewrite this, but until and unless that happens, having a redirect here is better. This article presents weak references and nothing which is not better described elsewhere. An article titled "prescription drug" could be an overview article, meaning that it avoid going into detail but linking to other topics, but this article is not even that. Here is some more supporting information -

Here are the 2016 pageview counts for this and related articles.
 * This is a major article and it either needs to be of adequate quality or redirect to an article of adequate quality
 * prescription drug - 254,000
 * Over-the-counter drug 236,000
 * Drug 760,000

For reference, in 2016 Wikipedia had 5 million articles and the top 1% (meaning top 50,000 articles) had 260,000 views. That means "prescription drug" is almost in the top 1% of English Wikipedia articles by popularity, and therefore more important than most.


 * This content can go elsewhere

Here is the current table of contents -


 * 1) Regulation in Australia
 * 2) Regulation in United Kingdom
 * 3) Regulation in the United States
 * 4) Expiration date
 * 5) Cost
 * 6) Environment
 * 7) See also
 * 8) References
 * 9) Further reading

Subtopics 1-3 should be merged to Regulation of therapeutic goods. I just made a new article called drug expiration and already have the "expiration date" content here covered there, so this content can go there. "Cost" can go to prescription costs. "Environment" can go to Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products. The outline of all these things should be managed at drug or maybe medical prescription.

The ideal solution is a rewrite of "prescription drug". Personally, I do not think that either the content or the outline which is currently here is worth keeping. I am not sure how the article should look, but this is not good. I also do not like "Drug", but I think it is better than this article. Perhaps this "prescription drug" article could be developed to contrast "over-the-counter drug", in which case Wikipedia would promote the editorial position that drugs are either OTC or prescription. I am not sure of the implications of that but it seems like what previous editors were trying to convey with this current title and content scope.
 * Merge and redirect is not an ideal solution

Thoughts from others?  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  17:19, 10 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Think that this article should simply be retitled 'Prescription medications' as there are some medications which are certainly not drugs but which can only be legal supplied by a pharmacist for medical treatment on the presentation of a legal prescription. Unless of cause, we create a new article Non drug prescriptions which just makes things more confusing for the average reader of WP!   As to the OP's suggestion  of a redirect to "Drug" – it is a non-starter   – it is going backwards . Yet, as the OP is pointing out. This area  justifies a bit more looking at and scrutiny. Aspro (talk) 21:00, 10 May 2017 (UTC)


 * As an aside: It came to my notice long ago that drugs like Propranolol remain effective long after their use buy date printed on the package. Pharmaceutical companies profit from stock  that gets thrown away due to the expriery date  they they dictate.. Therefore, I see Drug expiration as the start of  a useful and illuminating  article. Aspro (talk) 21:39, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Can you clarify what you have in mind when you say, "some medications which are certainly not drugs but which can only be legal supplied by a pharmacist"? All medications supplied by a pharmacist are drugs, right? There are "prescription treatments", like physical therapy, which are non-drug. This article could be changed to include those.


 * No ! All medications supplied by a pharmacist are NOT drugs. Sulfuric acid is one. You can buy it from any hardware retailers for a fraction of the price of filling in a prescription from a healthcare professional. Yet a 'pharmacist' will only had it over for 'medical' use, if you have such a prescription. . Look at the specs – it conforms to all the same standards. Just try... going to a  'pharmacist'  for to buy a Barium Meal.  That is not a 'drug' either but see how far you can get to obtaining it without prescription! Then there  is iodine 133, etc.,  etc.  Thus, it is not only medical preparations which classified as 'drugs' that should be in this article. Physical therapy, cognitive therapy, etc.  can be obtained without a prescription (so we need to discuss this further). This article  badly needs to renamed in order to be encyclopedic. A  new title  such as  'Prescription  medications  probably better fits the bill.  So now that  Bluerasberry has brought this subject up and pointed out its weakness– does anyone else have any more ideas to add  on how to make it more encyclopedic? Aspro (talk) 22:42, 16 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the comment about drug expiration. I am doing what I can.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  21:26, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Peer Feedback: Neutral Point of View
Based on the section that the pharmacy students edited on “Cost,” the draft reflects a neutral point of view. Everything seems very factual and I did not perceive any bias from any authors. I do think sources can be more clearly cited to ensure that a biased is not presumed. For example, the line “prescription drug prices including generic prices are rising faster than the average rate of inflation” - Yes, I do believe this is true and a fact but the source was a bit difficult to link to which makes me unsure if it actually came from statistical evidence. Overall, this section really helped me understand pricing and allowed me to learn about resources that can be used to cut down cost on prescription medications. I believe that the goal of the group to explain prescription drug cost were met. — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.sou (talk • contribs) 01:16, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Peer feedback: Cited secondary sources
For the most part, there are secondary sources cited for nearly every paragraph of the “Cost” section. However, there are 2 standalone sentences with no citations at all:

“In the United States there are many resources to patients lower costs of medications including generic drug programs, and co-pay assistance programs and patient assistance programs.” “The out of pocket costs for patients enrolled in co-pay assistance or patient assistance programs are $0. It is a major resource to help lower costs of medications however, many providers and patients are not aware of the resources.”

In addition, I would change reference 33 to a secondary source that talks about medication assistance programs in general, not just to the RxAssist website. This is because you’re using this citation after sentences that talk about co-pay assistance programs overall, not just RxAssist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dddttt111 (talk • contribs) 05:04, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Peer Feedback: Plagiarism
I ran the sections on “Cost” and “Environment” through several free online plagiarism checkers and did not find any blatant sources of plagiarism. I also looked at some of the newly added reference sources to compare similarities between the Wikipedia text and the source text and found one sentence in the Wikipedia article that could be potentially problematic. While it’s clear that the author was trying to avoid plagiarism by writing the inverse of the source sentence, it ends up being really clunky and not factually correct.

Wikipedia: "Brand name drugs cost more however, because, unlike generic drugs, brand name drugs have to repeat the research trials to show efficacy and safety is fully established"

Source (https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resourcesforyou/consumers/questionsanswers/ucm100100.htm): "Generic drugs also tend to cost less than their brand-name counterparts because generic drug applicants do not have to repeat animal and clinical (human) studies that were required of the brand-name medicines to demonstrate safety and effectiveness" Lisa nel (talk) 08:34, 8 November 2017 (UTC)


 * It's something close to plagiarism and you're certainly right about the inaccuracy introduced by the inversion. The whole Cost section is a confused hash. It uses the words "price" and "cost" somewhat arbitrarily and makes the common error of thinking that the price of a drug, when the producer has a patent-granted monopoly, is directly related to the costs of research and production for that particular drug. Generic drugs are generally copies of brand-name drugs that no longer have patent protection but often have their own brand names. Once there are multiple producers, competition leads to lower prices. Better sources are needed throughout this section.  &mdash; jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  09:07, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback; I think part of the confusion is that there are two different ideas going on. On section is talking about generic drugs and drug pricing. The second half of this section is regarding cost lowering strategies. I will find better sources for this information and break up the cost section into 2 parts: Costs and Cost Containment strategies. Danhvd (talk) 07:20, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for feedback! Echoing my group mate, I will help add and edit this paragraph to contain the two main ideas for this information. Sprinklerose (talk) 17:23, 15 November 2017 (UTC) In addition, I reworded the paragraph including that it is the FDA that requires this rigorous drug approval process.

Peer Feedback: Overall goals
I think that the goals to update generic and brand drug prices were met. I think that the discussion of different assistance programs to help patients receive their drugs at a lower cost was a great addition to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nlc48070 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Peer Feedback: Format
Generics undergo scrutinous requirements to meet the equal efficacy, safety, dosage, strength, stability, and quality of brand name drugs. [29]Generics are developed after the brand name has already been established,and so generic drug approval in many aspects has a shortened approval process because it replicates the brand name drug[29]. The formatting is done well however some aspects of the content could be improved. In the cost section they should include information regarding the approval process such as the FDA involvement. In addition, many parts such as Environment portion and cost dont have hyperlink with corresponding keywords (resources to lower costs, co-payments, etc) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinajeromr (talk • contribs) 18:49, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review Response
Environment Section Thank you to our peer reviewers for their feedback! My section received praise by providing a neutral point of view, accurate sources, and no signs of plagiarism. I believe we accomplished our goal of starting the discussion of assistance programs to reduce costs, as well as the effect of pharmaceutical drugs on the environment. As suggested, I added hyperlinks to the corresponding keywords in the environment section. Since no other edits were suggested, I opted to add more information to my section. Such additions included more detail on FDA guidelines on how to dispose of medications in an Eco-friendly way. I also added more specific information on how these drugs affect the environment. For example, how water soluble compounds can affect fish survival and reproduction.Dimsumdrake (talk) 09:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Drake

Thank you, from me, as well for our feedback. I just want to echo what Drake said, and also I added a little more information that I found from more recent studies on the effects of pharmaceuticals on an aquatic environment. I also included a new model that the researchers are proposing has a lot of potential to give us good information on what exactly our impact is. Seanlew9 (talk) 17:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC) Sean

Please I found a white tablet with ru a line in the middle 20 under the line, please I found it in my daughter's room what is it Mandycooke100 (talk) 18:43, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Country of manufacture
There needs to be a section on where drugs are manufactured. Why? Because some ignorant people in Congress think 'Canadian' drugs are less safe than 'American' drugs. The reality is that in both cases, they're mostly made offshore. At a minimum, the following needs to be said:

Eighty percent of the active ingredients for drugs consumed in America are made overseas. Do You Know Where Your Medicine Came From?

The world's largest manufacturer of generic drugs is the Israeli company Teva. Their well-known drugs include Acetaminophen, Amlodipine, Aspirin, Atorvastatin, Buprenorphine, Doxycycline, Fentanyl, Fluvastatin, Ibuprofen, Lamotrigine, Losartan, Modafinil, Olanzapine, Progesterone, Quinine, Sildenafil, and Venlafaxine. New Teva Generics.

Many widely used drugs are made in India including Acetaminophen, Adalimumab, Amlodipine, Amoxicillin, Buprenorphine, Bupropion, Bromocriptine, Codeine, Ciclosporin, Dextromethorphan, Dextroamphetamine, Estradiol, Finasteride, Gabapentin, Gliclazide, Hydrocodone, Ibuprophen, Interferon, Ketamine, Lidocaine, Lisinopril, Losartan, Meclizine, Memantine, Metformin, Modafinil, Naltrexone, Naproxen, Norepinephrine, Olanzapine, Pramipexole, Prednisone, Quetiapine, Quinine, Rosuvastatin, Sertraline, Sildenafil, Simethicone, Tamoxifen, Testesterone, Topiramate, Trazodone, Venlafaxine, Warfarin, and Zolpidem. Medindia – Sitemap on Drug Information

Many popular drugs are made in China, including amlodipine, aspirin, atropine, bupropion, ciprofloxacin, cloxacillin, erythromycin, Gliclazide, ibuprofen, Lamictal, lovastatin, prednisone, Propecia, quinine, streptomycin, and Tamoxifen. Want to Know Which Drugs are Made in China — Check Out This List Page Notes (talk) 02:31, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Have Rx analgesics actually "been found to be extremely addictive"?
From the article: "Prescription painkillers have been found to be extremely addictive"

That's way too vague (and a bit of an overstatement) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.11.189.134 (talk) 10:03, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Environment
When medications [do not] include specific disposal instructions, patients should not flush medications in the toilet, but instead use medication take-back programs.

I am wondering if the writing should be put as:

When medications includes specific disposal instructions, patients should not flush medications in the toilet, but instead use medication take-back programs.

I'm now doing the translation into Traditional Chinese.

ThomasYehYeh (talk) 11:18, 19 October 2020 (UTC)