As research improves, so does the knowledge of available medications. These are several over-the-counter medicines that have ...

A Belfast man who is currently receiving treatment for an addiction to over the counter medication has warned others of the ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves not only which drugs can go to market but also whether they require a prescription from a doctor. The agency gets this power from the Durham-Humphrey ...

Policies designed to encourage drugmakers to introduce over-the-counter (OTC) versions of previously prescription-only ...

The rollout is underway for Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the United States, and online sales began Monday morning.Consumers can start ordering Opill online Monday, ...

The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail stores and online. The medicine, with the brand name Narcan, has a suggested retail ...

Psychiatrist and Harvard Medical School professor Roy Perlis, M.D., argues for changing the status of some antidepressants from prescription to over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, in a commentary published ...

An additional three states and the District of Columbia require coverage of over-the-counter contraception without a prescription but don’t specify whether a copayment may be required. Those laws ...

A Republican lawmaker is pushing a bill to make horse dewormer ivermectin available over the counter for humans..

Ivermectin became a source of debate during the COVID-19 pandemic, though it is not FDA-approved as an antiviral or for treating viruses, including COVID-19.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill to let ivermectin be sold as an over-the-counter medicine — without a prescription or consultation with a health care professional. (Getty Images) Idaho ...