What is the difference between over the counter drugs and prescription drugs?

Answer 1

over the counter drugs are good but not as efficient if not used properly can cause harm, prescription drugs are prescribed by the doctor depending on your illness and the product is more efficient.

Over the counter or OTC as it is referred to in an abbreviated form are legal to purchase without seeing a doctor before making a purchase and obtaining a prescription. Over the counter medicines are wide ranging in nature and cover a variety of things such as cough syrup or sleep aids or muscle relaxants or aspirin. The dosages per use are in a safe parameter of tests made on subjects and any single dose of the medicine will more than likely be lower in its dosage than something that is prescribed. Prescribed medicine's require the person to get a prescription from a licensed physician. Whether it be for a physical ailment or a mental issue. These prescriptions drugs usually have a higher dosing level per use or per pill. Furthermore prescriptions might allow patients to receive drugs that are mixed with other the counter type of medicines such as Tylenol #3 which contains codeine. Or the physician may prescribe something that is only available with a prescription such as some controlled anxiety medications or pain medications.

Answer 2

To buy the latter kind you need a prescription from a doctor.