What Are Prescription Drugs?
Disease description:
I went to the pharmacy to buy medicine, but the pharmacy staff informed me that the medication I wanted to purchase is a prescription-only drug. What exactly is a prescription-only drug?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. He Haochen
Prescription drugs are medications that can only be purchased from hospital pharmacies or retail pharmacies upon presentation of a prescription issued by a licensed physician or assistant physician. To prevent the misuse of antibiotics and the development of antimicrobial resistance, all antibiotics are classified as prescription-only drugs. Common examples of prescription drugs include hypnotics (sleeping pills), opioid analgesics, captopril tablets, and anticancer agents. Therefore, do not use medications indiscriminately; always use them under the guidance of a physician.
