OTC drugs

Japanese: OTC drugs(英語表記)OTCdrugs
OTC drugs

... Less than 10% of drugs are distributed through the so-called separation of medical and pharmaceutical functions, where prescriptions are issued by hospitals and clinics and then pharmacy (dispensing pharmacy) gives the medical drugs to consumers (patients). The remaining 20% ​​or so of drugs are over-the-counter drugs (OTC drugs). Wholesalers and distributors are also divided into two groups, specializing in medical and over-the-counter drugs.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "OTC drugs" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…病院・診療所より処方箋が発行され,それに従って薬局(調剤薬局)から医療用医薬品が消費者(患者)に渡される,いわゆる医薬分業形態の流通にのる部分は10%以下である。残りの20%弱の医薬品は一般用医薬品OTC drugs(over the counter drugsの略)である。 卸,問屋も,医療用医薬品と一般用医薬品とを専門に扱う二つの系統に分かれている。…

※「OTC drugs」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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