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Show Q. Who decides which medicines shall be nonprescription non-prescription and which prescription? pre-scription? How is that decision deci-sion made? A. The federal Food and Drug Administration ' decides, de-cides, and it does so under specific instructions from the Congress. Each decision involves a safety judgment. If a useful medicine involves serious risk to the user, it must be dispensed on medical medi-cal prescription. If the risk is less serious, and if clear labeling can instruct the consumer in safe use of the product, Congress endorses en-dorses the consumer's right to self-medicate with safe and effective nonprescription nonprescrip-tion medicines. |