PHAR 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.1.1: Paracetamol, Hepatotoxicity

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Course: PHAR 100
• Professor: Jeanne Mulder William Racz

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Drugs are divided into two categories this applies to canada (and many other countries) Prescription drugs restricted to sale by prescription only . Non-prescription drugs- drugs available to general public w/o a prescription. What controls the sale of over-the-counter drugs: a section of the food and drug act. What does this act control: the act controls many aspects of over-the-counter drugs listed below, safety, efficacy, advertising, sale of these products. Not all otc drugs went through w/ rigorous preclinical testing ! Otc drugs are sooo readily a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)le (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) i(cid:374) the (cid:373)arket & used for a. Okay so esse(cid:374)tially the pro(cid:272)ess i just des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)ed is (cid:272)alled (cid:862)gra(cid:374)dpare(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g(cid:863)! Grandparenting: process where ne(cid:449) regulatio(cid:374)s do(cid:374)"t apply to those produ(cid:272)ts already on the market. On the other hand, new otc drugs have to go through a lot. Post-market safety surveillance ( so like surveillance even after the product has been sold maybe ?)